supposed to

Idioms  

1. Intended to; also, believed to, expected to. For example, This pill is supposed to relieve your pain , or You're supposed to be my partner . [Early 1300s]

2. Required to, as in He is supposed to call home . [Mid-1800s]

3. not supposed to . Not permitted to, as in You're not supposed to smoke in here .

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Example Sentences

College football is supposed to be in trouble.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Bash is bowing fine. He's where he's supposed to be in terms of this series."

From BBC

AI companies are supposed to test their own chatbots.

From The Wall Street Journal

Auto insurance is supposed to be a financial firewall when things go wrong on the road.

From MarketWatch

Without giving much away, there’s a scene toward the end of the film that is supposed to be about grief but is perhaps the funniest sequence in the whole movie, partly because it rings so true.

From The Wall Street Journal