1.AdjectiveExpected to.
Required to, obliged to, ought to.
"I am supposed to report to the police every week.; Paul is supposed to call his mother every day.; The phone is supposed to come with a manual.; You are not supposed to smoke in the restaurant.; How am I supposed to work in all this racket?; What was he supposed to do—just sit there and do nothing?; It's supposed to rain.; The movie is supposed to be good.; The thief is supposed to be hiding in the forest.; The phone is supposed to save us time.; Is that supposed to be funny?"
2.AdjectiveRequired to, obliged to, ought to.
"I am supposed to report to the police every week.; Paul is supposed to call his mother every day.; The phone is supposed to come with a manual."
3.AdjectivePermitted to.
"You are not supposed to smoke in the restaurant."
4.AdjectiveAble to, capable of (used to indicate that an expectation is impossible or unreasonable in the context).
"How am I supposed to work in all this racket?; What was he supposed to do—just sit there and do nothing?"
5.AdjectiveBelieved to; generally considered to; considered likely to.
"It's supposed to rain.; The movie is supposed to be good.; The thief is supposed to be hiding in the forest."
6.AdjectiveIntended to; meant to.
"The phone is supposed to save us time.; Is that supposed to be funny?"
7.AdjectiveUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see supposed, to.
"The movie is supposed to be good.; The thief is supposed to be hiding in the forest."