Definition of supposednext

supposed

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verb

past tense of suppose
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as in estimated
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement if we suppose a minimum profit of $10,000 from the charity auction, we should be able to pay for the family's medical expenses

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Recent Examples of supposed
Adjective
But clearly any supposed rivalry between the legendary bands is water under the bridge. — Peter Gicas, Entertainment Weekly, 14 July 2026
Verb
But their ballot is provisional, and it is not supposed to be counted until the voter is verified by state officials. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Crystal was originally supposed to perform in the first-ever episode of the show in 1975, but his segment was ultimately cut for time. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2026 That's not what this supposed super team expected a mere six weeks ago — but nothing gets McVay's full attention like a complicated obstacle. — ABC News, 19 Oct. 2026 The three children and a teacher shot to death at Silver Rail Elementary School in central Oregon were in a classroom dedicated to students with special needs – an environment that’s supposed to be nurturing, safe and supportive. — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026 More problematic was the character’s heritage; he’s supposed to be half-English and half-Paraguayan, and to say Gere’s accent is inconsistent would be charitable. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2026 Kumar’s first question is what the controls were ever supposed to achieve. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 Military drones are on kamikaze missions; they’re supposed to kill. — Noel Murray, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026 This wasn’t supposed to be how the Dodgers’ 2026 season ended. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supposed
Adjective
  • The presumed reasoning behind why the film was ignored is multilayered.
    — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The Vatican had originally estimated a weeklong hospital stay, and had canceled his audiences through Tuesday.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
  • It’s estimated an additional $37 billion will flow to the philanthropy sector annually.
    — Melissa Stevens, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Lukic, whose lab continues to scale up its medium-voltage unit, assumed the killer application for SSTs would be EVs.
    — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • If Cammarata is correct, then mechanistic interpretation may be more effective than many had assumed.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Fixes for what are believed to be uncommonly severe vulnerabilities are scheduled to drop in a little more than 12 hours for PHP, a programming language that powers websites and Web applications everywhere.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Mustapha initially believed the film would be driven by its ideas about masculinity, only to discover in the edit that their friendship had become its emotional throughline.
    — Essie Assibu, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Jalen Jeffries, a 23-year-old from Tampa, said the first-day ticket issues were ironed out for fans on the second and final day.
    — Isabel Rivera, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Hamas could restrict the system to exert pressure internally, the official said, while Netanyahu could restrict it to pressure Hamas.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • The Trying star is leading The Death of Sherlock Holmes, which fills the gap between the detective’s apparent death at the Reichenbach Falls in 1891 and his reappearance in The Adventure of the Empty House three years later.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Investigators with the city of Douglas, Georgia have released the identities of the five adults killed in an apparent murder-suicide last week.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Comparing households aged 72 and older in 2022 with those aged 75 and older in 2025, Maggiulli calculated a smaller—but still substantial—21% increase.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • It is calculated as a weighted average of atomic clocks worldwide and is communicated by BIPM, the official source for UTC.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • At that same Screentime event, anyone reading between the lines might have guessed that Sarandos was getting antsy with Netflix’s current low-growth status.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The security technology ditches the old-school password, which can easily be stolen or guessed.
    — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026

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“Supposed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supposed. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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