Talk:supposed

Pronunciation
For me and everyone I know, the pronunciation /sə'post/ is much more common than the others, yet it's not even listed.

There's a three way distinction of pronunciation:


 * /sə'post/ as in "Hey, you're not supposed to do that!" (Always followed by to).
 * /sə'pozd/ as in "We supposed that he would be here because it's his birthday" (rare, usually you would use a verb like "assumed" or "expected" instead)
 * /sə'po.zəd/ as in "The supposed entrance to the school" (usually found as an adverb "supposedly").

Soap (talk) 15:28, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Well I guess the /st/ pronunciation is given in supposed to. But should it be linked here as well (It would follow a precedent: the "half" pronuncation of the word have is given in the have page, not just on have to.) Soap (talk) 15:31, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I have added that pronunciation. Andrew Sheedy (talk) 09:15, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

--Backinstadiums (talk) 09:23, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

Translations
The translations just linked to synonyms, but I disagree that they are similar enough for that. The French translation I added doesn't really work as a translation of "expected" and neither "obliged" nor "intended" have quite the same nuances as "supposed." Andrew Sheedy (talk) 09:15, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Supposèd
Would it be worth placing a poetic variant like belovèd? Supposèd does come up more times than you would expect in Google Search (not that it's an authoritative validation of proscribed spelling). You might argue that these uses aren't exclusively poetic but I think considering how common it is in comparison to more jovial -èd uses in poetry, it might be worth adding. --188.222.175.101 00:36, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

<'posed>
Hi, the orthographic variant 'posed should be linked to the reduced pronunciation thereof. --Backinstadiums (talk) 15:25, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

[Note: this means, you are obliged not to smoke.]
In fact, a new meaning must be used, 4. (postpositive; used in negative) followed by to: expected or obliged not (to): you're not supposed to walk on the grass Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:11, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

2. thought to be such, but not really so; imagined
The supposed gains would be outweighed by the costs. 2. assumed as true: the supposed site of Atlantis. https://www.wordreference.com/definition/Supposed --Backinstadiums (talk) 11:06, 30 May 2021 (UTC)