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What does supposed to mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word supposed to? Here's what it means.

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  1. (idiomatic) Required to.
  2. (not) Permitted to.
  3. (idiomatic) Intended to; expected to; believed to.
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As our food started piling up with no hint of a bagger, we began to wonder if we were supposed to do it ourselves.
Of the reafforestation which was supposed to follow logging there was no sign.
We're supposed to, by Constitution, apportion or redistrict every 10 years.
Courts are not supposed to decide questions which are merely moot, theoretical, abstract or hypothetical.
In my quaint way, I tend to believe that language is supposed to tell you something about the characters on screen.
They will sit around smoking wacky baccy when they're supposed to be sweeping up litter or whatever.

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