Local English word record

supposed

adjective · 4 senses

based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence

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Examples

  • theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural
  • the supposed reason for his absence
  • suppositious reconstructions of dead languages
  • hypothetical situation

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Synonyms

conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious

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