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Putative

see synonyms of putative

Adjective

1. putative

purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds

Example Sentences:
'the foundling's putative father'
'the putative author of the book'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Putative

see synonyms of putative
adjective
1. (prenominal)
commonly regarded as being
the putative father
2. (prenominal)
considered to exist or have existed; inferred
3. grammar
denoting a mood of the verb in some languages used when the speaker does not have direct evidence of what he or she is asserting, but has inferred it on the basis of something else

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Putative

see synonyms of putative
adjective
generally considered or deemed such; reputed
a putative ancestor

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Putative

see synonyms of putative
adj.
Generally regarded as such; supposed: a foundling's putative parents.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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