No. 11,887 in French
supposé
"Supposé" means "supposed" or "alleged" in English.
In a sentence
Il est supposé arriver à midi.
He is supposed to arrive at noon.
In this sentence, 'supposé' is used to indicate expectation or assumption about a person’s action based on given information.
C'est un fait supposé, mais non prouvé.
It is a supposed fact, but not proven.
Here, 'supposé' is used as an adjective to describe something assumed or hypothetical, indicating that the fact is taken for granted but lacks certainty.
Supposé qu'il pleuve, nous annulerons la sortie.
Supposing it rains, we will cancel the outing.
In this scenario, 'supposé' is part of a hypothetical conditional clause, introducing a supposition or assumption as a premise for further reasoning or action.
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