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supposed to
Required to, as in He is supposed to call home . [Mid-1800s]
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]
not supposed to . Not permitted to, as in You're not supposed to smoke in here .
Example Sentences
鈥淧eople get really excited or upset about how much REM sleep they are getting or how much deep sleep they are getting and if that matches up to what they are 鈥榮upposed鈥 to be getting,鈥 Goldstein said.
"Sinners" may have people talking for weeks about what it's supposed to mean, and what it means to them.
At the end of each, she said, she was supposed to die - but didn't, for different reasons.
Tony was supposed to see Iggy Pop at the Hollywood Palladium one night.
Jim Lampley has been the voice of boxing for a generation of Americans, which is remarkable because the assignment was only supposed to last one fight.
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