rumored

1. 1
   not provenadjective

   Talked about by many people, but not proven to be true.

   Like a story passed around school before anyone knows if it really happened.

   The rumored snow day never came, so we still had school.

   There was a rumored change to the bus schedule, but nothing happened.

   Similaralleged, supposed, reputed, purported

   Oppositeconfirmed, verified

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2. 2
   spread as gossipverb

   Past tense and past participle of rumor. Use it for the past, or after has, have, had, is, was or were.

   It was rumored that the team would move to a new city.

   The singer is rumored to be working on a new album.

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