supposed

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments  · 
“
He spoke with what Linda supposed was a French accent, and his manners, at least to them, were beautiful.

View all »
Definitions (12)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (6)

  1. adjective Presumed to be true or real without conclusive evidence.
  2. adjective Intended: medication that is supposed to relieve pain.
  3. adjective Required: He is supposed to go to the store.
3 more from this dictionary »

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (2)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (4)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (50)

  • Don't take any chances She felt her lips stretch in what she supposed was a grin. —  Hunter,Healer[SequeltoTheSociety]
  • As I supposed, our army is feeling its way into position. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Citizen-soldier, by John Beatty.
  • Coming down, Ralston could see six sleeping cabins ringing a larger building he supposed was the meeting room and kitchen. —  BEN BOVA
  • She would look at me, take an intangible drink of what she probably supposed was my calmness, and her throat would tremble. —  173 - Once Over Lightly
  • The two new boats broke ranks, one circling around Wolfe's second gillnetter, or Mike, which Liam supposed was the skipper's name. —  Stabenow, Dana - [Liam Campbell 01] - Fire and Ice
More examples »
 

Tags

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 51 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Add a related word »
Related

Roget's II Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

Allen's Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms

Used in the same contextWord Family

supposed:   supposing ·  suppose ·  supposes
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »
/səˈpoʊzd/
by American Heritage

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word a few times a day.

Recently looked up

kwh · dissatisfied · tarantella · fathomless · steno

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

unicycle hockey · droopy drawers · turducken · cuddlefish · cuttlefish