supposed to

Adjective

 * 1)    Expected to.
 * 2) Required to, obliged to, ought to.
 * The phone is supposed to come with a manual.
 * 1)  Permitted to.
 * [Note: this means, you are obliged not to smoke.]
 * 1)  Able to, capable of.
 * 2) Believed to; generally considered to; considered likely to.
 * 3) Intended to.
 * 1)  Able to, capable of.
 * 2) Believed to; generally considered to; considered likely to.
 * 3) Intended to.
 * 1) Believed to; generally considered to; considered likely to.
 * 2) Intended to.
 * 1) Intended to.
 * 1) Intended to.
 * 1) Intended to.
 * 1) Intended to.

Usage notes

 * Functions as a passive participial adjective, historically derived from the past participle of, and behaves similarly to a passive/past participle in terms of grammar. Thus, it is typically preceded by a form of be, but not invariably so; see Citations:supposed to.
 * Always followed by the infinitive form of a verb, if not omitted by ellipsis. Historically, the construction consisted of followed by a to-infinitive.
 * Often implies that the opposite is a strong possibility.
 * When used with the sense "considered to" or "believed to", there is not always a clear distinction between this expression and the past participle of the ordinary verb.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * French: Quebec
 * Portuguese: is supposed to be __ → é para ser


 * French: être censé
 * Galician: suponse que
 * German:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: tener que,, ,


 * German:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: gå for,