Synonym: alleged, conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, hypothetical, purported, putative, reputed, so-called, supposed, supposed(p), suppositional, suppositious, supposititious. Similar words: supposedly, be supposed to, suppose, opposed, supposing, supposition, oppose, exposed. Meaning: [sə'pəʊzd] adj. 1. firmly believed 2. mistakenly believed 3. commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds 4. designed to 5. doubtful or suspect 6. required or under orders 7. based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence.
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91) The BBC is not supposed to editorialize about the news.
92) Wells was supposed to put up half the money, but later backed out.
93) It was widely supposed to have been lost during the war.
94) We were supposed to go out yesterday, but he blew me off.
95) The timing of the minister's visit, however, could somewhat detract from the goodwill it's supposed to generate.
96) Formula One motor car racing is supposed to be dangerous. "Indycar" racing is supposed to be more dangerous still.
97) The new broom was supposed to improve the way the department is managed, but things have been worse than ever since she arrived.
98) You know full well that you're not supposed to go there without asking me!
99) Public spending is supposed to fall, not rise, in the next few years.
100) The discussion sessions are supposed to follow on from this morning's lecture.
101) The restaurant's supposed to be great but I don't feel like schlepping all the way out there.
102) The pilots were supposed to drop supplies to the snowbound villages, but the local government was poor and they pranged up the whole operation.
103) I'm so busy it's hard to remember what I'm supposed to be doing from one moment to the next.
104) Julia belatedly remembered what else she was supposed to do.
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105) He was supposed to go back to Bergen on the last bus, but of course the accident prevented him.
106) We're supposed to be running a business here. I've got work to do.
107) I haven't seen it myself, but it's supposed to be a great movie.
108) You're supposed to buy a ticket, but not many people do.
109) She was supposed to be speaking about sales figures, but she kept wandering off the subject.
110) If that tear is supposed to be mended, you've made a right pig's ear of it.
111) He has been sold down the river by the people who were supposed to protect him.
112) Don't breathe a word; it's supposed to be a surprise.
113) A horseshoe nailed to your door is supposed to bring good fortune.
114) I think we're getting off the track here - we're supposed to be discussing our advertising campaign.
115) It is supposed to be washed down the gutter and into the city's vast sewerage system.
116) Along with the letters there are answers written by people who are supposed to know how to solve such problems.
117) Standing on your head is supposed to stimulate hair growth.
118) Sing up , fellows, this is supposed to be a celebration, not a funeral!
119) The poems are supposed to be by Sappho, but they are actually of doubtful authenticity.
120) It had been supposed that by then Peter would be married.
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