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Definition of "supposed to" []

  • Required (phrase)
  • Permitted (phrase)
  • Expected to (phrase)

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Use "supposed to" in a sentence
  • "I guess Neck Brace Girl was supposed to take the fall for all of us—for every time you slipped and fell on your ass on an ice patch right in front of the school bus, every time you drooled food onto your shirt because your braces had just been tightened."
  • "Most likely this is a rumor to bring in business, but the G-Spa is supposed to be an homage to the old gay jerk-off clubs of the district—a kind of architectural nod to the past, especially since those clubs were also housed in basements."
  • "As I watch my monobrowed hottie chase after a girl he realizes he adores exactly because she is not like the popular girls he is supposed to like, I think, What is this unknown land with customs and values I did not previously know I admired?"
Words like "supposed to"
meant to