adjective
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be supposed to do/be sth
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"Ultra Velvet" is supposed to perform at the club on Friday.
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I didn't really like the book, but the movie is supposed to be very funny.
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Mrs. Carver is supposed to have a lot of money.
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No one was supposed to know about it.
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This is supposed to be the best Chinese restaurant in town.
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Was that supposed to be a joke?
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We're supposed to check out of the hotel by 11:00.
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What time are you supposed to be there?
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You're not supposed to smoke in the building.
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And he was supposed to be a friend.
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By law, the costs of holding a fund-raising event are supposed to be reported as a noncash campaign contribution.
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He was supposed to be getting that for the gerbil babies, but his hopes were fading.
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I was supposed to be at work in my bookshop in Petersfield, Hampshire.
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She wouldn't understand that it was supposed to be a protest.
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This was supposed to be her final victory over him, supposed to establish her rule once and for all.
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Truthfully, the weather in South Florida is supposed to be balmy.
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You were supposed to be Gibson in the role-playing.
what's that supposed to mean?
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"It sounds like things aren't going too well for you lately." "What's that supposed to mean?"
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Even the supposed experts are unable to explain what's happening.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Catch him in Birmingham tonight and form your own judgment on the supposed heir to Bevan, Foot and Kinnock.
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This system of racial stratification has often been explained in terms of the supposed genetically based inferiority of blacks.
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Under cross-examination I added a few more details about my supposed activities.