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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121) British police are supposed to use guns only as a last resort.
122) We're not supposed to be at the party for an hour yet.
123) We weren't supposed to play by ourselves near the pond.
124) Have you any queries about what you're supposed to do?
125) Are these dots and squiggles supposed to be your signature?
126) The children are supposed to be at school by 8.45 a.m.
127) These new friends of hers are supposed to be very rich.
128) The Labour party are supposed to be sympathetic to/towards the unions.
129) We're supposed to check out of the hotel by 11 o'clock.
130) Every pupil is supposed to be in his classroom at 9 a.m.
131) I hadn't supposed that I should get the first prize.
132) English people are supposed to be very reserved, but Pete is the exception that proves the rule — he'll chat to anyone!
133) It wasn't supposed to be a comedy but I found it hysterically funny.
134) How is a body supposed to live in these conditions?
135) "The Whipping Block" has never been published,[http://sentencedict.com/supposed.html] but it's supposed to be a really good poem.
136) It was supposed to be garlic bread, but they'd been a bit mean with the garlic.
137) Theoretically, the price is supposed to be marked on the shelf.
138) The meeting was supposed to take place on Tuesday, but we've had to postpone it.
139) In Britain, you're supposed to put your car into neutral whenever you stop at a junction.
140) It was not the done thing. In those days the man was supposed to be the provider.
141) He was supposed to be a serious performer, but the crowd laughed him off the stage.
142) I clean forgot that I was supposed to be meeting Lucy last night.
143) The new machine is supposed to be the solution to all our production problems, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
144) All these bits of tubing are supposed to fit together.
145) I was supposed to be writing a letter but I'm afraid I got sidetracked.
146) Even though I'm supposed to be working by myself, there are other people who I can interact with.
147) The teacher supposed that the absent pupil was ill, but some of his friends suspected he was playing truant.
148) Is all this healthy food supposed to increase my happiness quotient?
149) The details were supposed to be secret but somehow leaked out.
150) If we cannot pin down exactly what we are supposed to be managing, how can we manage it?
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