PURPORTED

Meaning of PURPORTED in English

adjective

Etymology: from past participle of purport (II)

: suspected of being : reputed , rumored

purported foreign spies

a purported biography

• pur·port·ed·ly adverb

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

PURPORTED — adjective Date: 1836 reputed , alleged
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PURPORTED — (imp. & p. p.) of Purport
Английский словарь Webster
PURPORTED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Purport
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PURPORTED — — purportedly , adv. /peuhr pawr"tid, -pohr"-/ , adj. reputed or claimed; alleged: We saw no evidence of his purported …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PURPORTED — adjective Date: 1836 : reputed , alleged took gullible tourists to purported ancient sites
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PURPORTED — impf & ·p.p. of purport.
Webster English vocab
PURPORTED — [pur.port.ed] adj (1894): reputed, alleged "took gullible tourists to ~ ancient sites"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PURPORTED — / pəˈpɔːtɪd; NAmE pərˈpɔːrt-/ adjective [ only before noun ] ( formal ) that has been stated to have happened …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PURPORTED — v. Function: adjective Synonyms: ALLEGED , ostensible, pretended, professed, so-called, supposed Related Words: postulated, presupposed; suppositional, suppositive; academic, speculative, theoretical; …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PURPORTED — adjective Synonyms: alleged , ostensible, pretended, professed, so-called, supposed Related Word: postulated, presupposed; suppositional, suppositive; academic, speculative, theoretical; reputed, rumored; …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PURPORTED — adj. (cannot stand alone) ~ to + inf. (they are ~ to be wealthy)
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
PURPORTED — Подразумевающийся
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PURPORTED — означать, подразумевать, иметь целью, претендовать
English-Russian vocab
PURPORTED — Подразумевающийся
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PURPORTED — предполагаемый
Англо-Русский словарь
PURPORTED — v. Pronunciation: - ' po ̇ r-t ə d Function: adjective Date: 1836 : REPUTED , ALLEGED <took gullible tourists …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PURPORTEDLY — adverb Date: 1942 it is purported ; ostensibly , allegedly
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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Britannica English vocabulary
PURPORT — I. pur ‧ port 1 /pɜːˈpɔːt $ pɜːrˈpɔːrt/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive and transitive] formal to claim to be or …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PURPORT — I. verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Clearing the house after a relative died, I came across what purports to be …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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