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Suppose vs Supposed

Both 'suppose' and 'supposed' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Suppose' is a verb used to express a hypothetical situation or assumption, while 'supposed' is the past participle of 'suppose' and is used to indicate something that is assumed or expected.

Last updated: March 30, 2024 • 786 views

Suppose

This is a correct verb used to express a hypothetical situation or assumption.

Use 'suppose' when you want to introduce a hypothetical situation or make an assumption.

Examples:

Suppose we don't find the keys, what should we do?
I suppose you're right about that.

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Suppose our technologies for finding connectomes actually work.
Suppose there is a universal mind controlling everything.
Suppose the treadmills broke or stopped suddenly .
Suppose this is farewell, Lieutenant.
Suppose the highway isn't there.
Suppose Mother comes and likes what she sees.
Suppose your office building's on fire.
Suppose you could induce the fever using something curable.
Suppose Enceladus is like this squishy balloon.
Suppose a farmer shoots the dog next week.
Suppose Martian scientists came to Earth.
Suppose Jared and Undine are inside sleeping.
Suppose there giuseppe who is a carpenter.
Suppose Doherty's gun were to turn up.
Suppose the government borrows $10 million.
Suppose I have renounced my old life.
Suppose Bill Gates gives me ten billion dollars.
Suppose a person is arrested for some crime.
Suppose you are playing $10/20 Holdem.
Suppose we were using a RAID-1 array.

Alternatives:

assume
presume
imagine
guess
think

Supposed

This is the past participle of 'suppose' and is used to indicate something that is assumed or expected.

Use 'supposed' when referring to something that is assumed or expected based on previous information.

Examples:

He was supposed to arrive by noon.
The package was supposed to be delivered yesterday.

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The scene also comments on his supposed old-fashioned qualities.
The supposed hardening of the debt ceiling in 2012 adhered to this model.
An anonymous tip leads you to the supposed killer's houseboat.
Our supposed phantom has a burning passion for Egyptology.
In '59, one camper survived the supposed a kid.
Or you can whisper in the ear of a supposed terrorist some Biblical verse.
From this supposed failure, come a lot of creation.
Maybe this supposed witness got away.
Supposed that the cycle battalion links up with them in time.
Supposed he doesn't know how.
Supposed texts I sent to Eliza Davis.
Subject: Supposed threat represented by MEPs
Supposed that's true where did you hide the murder weapon?
Supposed draft environmental directive: "European Parliament and Council Directive establishing the obligation to maintain, during winter, a temperature of no less than eighteen degrees centigrade in the streets, squares and parks of the cities of Europe".
Subject: Supposed position of the Spanish Presidency on the creation of a Union senate based on the Committee of the Regions
They were supposed've looked like that.
A supposed asset crashed the Embassy.
First, all the questions relating to supposed results are pointless.
This attitude cannot be permitted from a supposed partner.
So I supposed that ties the game.

Alternatives:

assumed
expected
believed
presumed
supposed to be

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