purported

purported

English

Etymology

purport +‎ -ed

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /pəɹˈpɔɹ.tɪd/, /pəɹˈpoʊɹ.tɪd/

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Adjective

purported

1. Supposed, or assumed to be.
   • 2012 January 1, Philip E. Mirowski, “Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 4 April 2012, retrieved 14 May 2013, page 87:

     In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.

2. Normally assumed to be.
3. Said by some people to be real or true or to have happened, although this may not be so

Translations

Supposed

French: supposé (fr) m, putatif (fr) m German: angeblich (de) Portuguese: suposto (pt), pretenso Russian: предполагаемый (ru) m (predpolagajemyj), предположительный (ru) m (predpoložitelʹnyj) Spanish: supuesto (es), presunto (es) Swedish: påstådd (sv) Turkish: gibi görünmek (tr)

Normally assumed to be

Verb

purported

1. simple past tense and past participle of purport

Anagrams

• prorupted