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French
Etymology
Past participle of Middle French censer (verb), from Latin cēnseō.[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
censé (feminine censée, masculine plural censés, feminine plural censées)
- supposed to, meant to
- Synonym: supposé
- Il est censé être mort de maladie. ― He is supposed to have died from illness.
Bien qu’il soit censé revenir immédiatement, on ne le revoit plus.- Though he was meant to return immediately, he was not seen again.
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with sensé.
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Verb
censé
- first-person singular preterite indicative of censar