Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

is supposed to

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.91 in modern English

Syllables
is -sup-posed -to
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does is supposed to mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of be supposed to

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