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# reportedly

«reportedly» in Mova's school dictionary: **«according to what people say or what news reports say»…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (reportedly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Reportedly means «according to what people say or what news reports say», when we are not completely sure it is true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reportedly/#m1)

2) It tells the reader the writer is passing on a claim, not stating a proven fact. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reportedly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In news, media and citizenship lessons «reportedly» is a key signal word: it shows a claim comes from reports, and a careful reader checks other sources before believing it. In history writing it is used for stories that may be legends: «The king reportedly burnt the cakes.» Similar words: allegedly, apparently, supposedly, it is said that.

### examples

- The singer is reportedly planning a new album. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reportedly/#x1)
- The bridge reportedly cost twice as much as planned. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reportedly/#x2)
- King Alfred reportedly burnt some cakes while hiding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reportedly/#x3)
- The storm has reportedly knocked out power to thousands of homes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reportedly/#x4)
- Our team is reportedly getting a new coach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reportedly/#x5)
- The spider reportedly escaped from the zoo, but it has not been confirmed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reportedly/#x6)
- The prize was reportedly worth a million dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reportedly/#x7)
- When you read «reportedly», ask: who reported it? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reportedly/#x8)

### note

Adverb, so it does not change form. Often comes before the verb (He reportedly said...) or at the start (Reportedly, ...). Pronounced «ri-POR-tid-lee». It does not mean something is false; it means it is not yet proven by the writer. Compare with «allegedly», used especially when someone is said to have done something wrong but it has not been proved.

### In the corpora

- [Mansa Musa really did carry so much gold to Cairo in 1324 that its price there reportedly fell.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/70-trade-why-people-swap-and-the-great-trade-routes/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «reportedly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reportedly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.