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alleged

adjective/əˈlɛdʒd/

B2CEFR level
25/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

Stated to have occurred or to be the case, without proof having been established.

The referral letter described the alleged trigger for the patient's collapse as reported by a bystander.

Similar: purported, claimed

Topic: Clinical consultation in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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