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supposed |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb suppose 2 of 3 senses of suppose Sense 2 think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess => divine => suspect Sense 3 speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothecate, suppose => reconstruct, construct, retrace => explicate, formulate, develop Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb suppose 2 of 3 senses of suppose Sense 2 think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess => divine => suspect Sense 3 speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothecate, suppose => reconstruct, construct, retrace => etymologize => explicate, formulate, develop => redevelop, reformulate Entailment of verb suppose Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb suppose 3 senses of suppose Sense 1 suppose, say => speculate Sense 2 think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess => expect, anticipate Sense 3 speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothecate, suppose => expect, anticipate Familiarity of verb suppose suppose used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb suppose Sense 1 suppose, say => speculate -------------- Sense 2 think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess => expect, anticipate -------------- Sense 3 speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothecate, suppose => expect, anticipate -------------- Overview of verb suppose The verb suppose has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (47) suppose, say -- (express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?") 2. (31) think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess -- (expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up") 3. (17) speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothecate, suppose -- (to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds: "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps.") Overview of adj supposed The adj supposed has 7 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (5) supposed -- (firmly believed; "the way things are supposed to be") 2. (0) supposed -- (required or under orders "I'm supposed to be there at ten"; "he was supposed to go to the store") 3. (2) supposed -- (mistakenly believed; "the supposed existence of ghosts") 4. (2) putative, purported, reputed, supposed -- (commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds; "the foundling's putative father"; "the reputed (or purported) author of the book"; "the supposed date of birth") 5. (1) supposed -- (designed to "medication that is supposed to relieve pain"; "what's that gadget supposed to do?") 6. alleged, so-called, supposed -- (doubtful or suspect; "these so-called experts are no help") 7. conjectural, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious -- (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"; "supposititious hypotheses") Antonyms of adj supposed 7 senses of supposed Sense 1 supposed(prenominal) INDIRECT (VIA expected) -> unexpected Sense 2 supposed(prenominal) INDIRECT (VIA obligated) -> unobligated Sense 3 supposed(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA improbable) -> probable, likely, plausible Sense 4 putative(postnominal), purported(postnominal), reputed(postnominal), supposed(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA acknowledged) -> unacknowledged Sense 5 supposed(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA intended) -> unintended Sense 6 alleged(postnominal), so-called, supposed INDIRECT (VIA questionable) -> unquestionable Sense 7 conjectural, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious INDIRECT (VIA theoretical) -> empirical Similarity of adj supposed 7 senses of supposed Sense 1 supposed(prenominal) => expected (vs. unexpected) Sense 2 supposed(prenominal) => obligated(prenominal) (vs. unobligated) Sense 3 supposed(postnominal) => improbable (vs. probable), unlikely Sense 4 putative(postnominal), purported(postnominal), reputed(postnominal), supposed(postnominal) => acknowledged (vs. unacknowledged) Sense 5 supposed(postnominal) => intended (vs. unintended) Sense 6 alleged(postnominal), so-called, supposed => questionable (vs. unquestionable) Sense 7 conjectural, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious => theoretical (vs. empirical), theoretic Attributes of adj supposed Familiarity of adj supposed supposed used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 7) Grep of adj supposed supposed Overview of verb suppose The verb suppose has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (47) suppose, say -- (express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?") 2. (31) think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess -- (expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up") 3. (17) speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothecate, suppose -- (to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds: "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps.") Overview of adj supposed The adj supposed has 7 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (5) supposed -- (firmly believed; "the way things are supposed to be") 2. (0) supposed -- (required or under orders "I'm supposed to be there at ten"; "he was supposed to go to the store") 3. (2) supposed -- (mistakenly believed; "the supposed existence of ghosts") 4. (2) putative, purported, reputed, supposed -- (commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds; "the foundling's putative father"; "the reputed (or purported) author of the book"; "the supposed date of birth") 5. (1) supposed -- (designed to "medication that is supposed to relieve pain"; "what's that gadget supposed to do?") 6. alleged, so-called, supposed -- (doubtful or suspect; "these so-called experts are no help") 7. conjectural, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious -- (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"; "supposititious hypotheses")
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