Supposed - Definition

adj 1: required or under orders; "I'm supposed to be there at
ten"; "he was supposed to go to the store"
2: mistakenly believed; "the supposed existence of ghosts"
3: doubtful or suspect; "these so-called experts are no help"
[syn: alleged(a), so-called, supposed]
4: based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence;
"theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly
conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence";
"suppositious reconstructions of dead languages";
"hypothetical situation" [syn: conjectural, divinatory,
hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional,
suppositious, supposititious]