Betekenis van supposed In het Nederlands

• 0 to have to; to have a duty or a responsibility to:

  • The children are supposed to be at school by 8.45 a.m.

  • What are you doing out of bed - you're supposed to be asleep.

  • You're not supposed (= allowed) to park here.

• 1 to be intended to:

  • These batteries are supposed to last for a year.

  • We were supposed to have gone away this week, but Debbie's ill so we couldn't go.

  • How am I supposed to (= how can I) find that much money by the end of the week?

• 2 used to show that you do not believe that something or someone really is what many other people consider them to be:

  • a supposed genius

  • The costs of the programme outweigh its supposed benefits.

• 3 believed by many people to be true, but not proven and often doubted by the person who is speaking or writing:

  • Nighttime experiments demonstrated that supposed eyewitnesses could not have seen anyone clearly enough to identify them at the distances described.

  • The cost of the plan far outweighs its supposed benefits.

• 4 responsible:

  • The children aresupposed to be at school by 8:45 a.m.

• 5 intended:

  • These batteries are supposed to last for a year.

  • You're not supposed to park here.

• 6 considered by many people:

  • Her new book is supposed to be excellent.