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as·sume (ə so̵̅o̅m′, -syo̵̅o̅m′)

transitive verb -·sumed′, -·sum′·ing

  1. to take on or put on (the appearance, form, role, etc. of)
  2. to seize; usurp to assume control
  3. to take upon oneself; undertake to assume an obligation
  4. to take for granted; suppose (something) to be a fact
  5. to pretend to have; feign to assume an air of innocence
  6. Archaic
    1. to take in or receive
    2. to take into association

Etymology: ME assumen < L assumere, to take up, claim < ad-, to + sumere, to take: see consume

assume Related Forms
as·sum′·able adjective as·sum′er noun
assume Synonyms

assume

v.

  1. To take for granted

    suppose, presume, postulate, posit, presuppose, predicate, premise, take for granted, understand, gather, find, collect, theorize, ascertain, consider as true, draw the inference, judge, divine, get the idea, have an idea that, suspect, regard, consider, imply, hypothesize, guess, take without proof, treat as conceded, take it as given, conjecture, suppose as fact, deem, imagine, surmise, opine, estimate, speculate, fancy, take the liberty, be of the opinion, dare say, deduce, count upon, infer, conclude, put two and two together, be inclined to think, hold the opinion, think, calculate, hope, feel, believe, have faith, be afraid*, take it*, expect*, allow*, reckon*.

    Antonyms doubt*, be surprised that, know.

  2. To pretend

    feign, put on, affect; see pretend 1.

  3. To take

    seize, appropriate, arrogate; see seize 2.

assume implies the supposition of something as the basis for argument or action let us assume her motives were good; presume implies the taking of something for granted or accepting it as true, usually on the basis of probable evidence in its favor and the absence of proof to the contrary the prisoner is presumed to be of sound mind; presuppose may imply taking something for granted without necessarily having good reason this writer presupposes an extensive vocabulary in children or, in another sense, may imply that something is required as a preceding condition brilliant technique in piano playing presupposes years of practice; postulate implies the assumption of something as an underlying factor, often one that is incapable of proof his argument postulates the inherent goodness of humanity; premise implies the setting forth of a proposition on which a conclusion can be based See also syn. study at pretend.

assume Usage Examples

Object

  • responsibility: In your absence we will assume complete responsibility for your property.
  • liability: NMM assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content of the Site.
  • role: For compressed air drying, humidity measuring technology will assume an ever more important role.
  • command: Remains current on the tactical situation and is prepared to assume command on a moment's notice.
  • importance: The choice of operating system is also assuming a lesser importance.
  • presidency: López Gutiérrez won easily in a manipulated election, and in October 1920 he assumed the presidency.

Preposition: at

  • outset: The principal subject areas of mathematics and statistics are developed, with no prior statistical knowledge assumed at the outset.

Preposition: that

  • reader: Chapter two is headed " Turning " but pleasingly enough Chris assumes that the reader has grasped the basics of Turning.
  • majority: It can be assumed that the majority of the petrol-engined versions were bought by owner-drivers who frequently ventured out of the capital.

Modifying Another Word

  • wrongly: Some people miss out on benefits because they wrongly assume they cannot claim anything when they are working.
  • safely: I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave.
  • mistakenly: His biggest stumble came when he mistakenly assumed Mr Levin had backed the war.
  • incorrectly: I had incorrectly assumed that because the same security was on the new system that it was the most appropriate.
  • automatically: We do not automatically assume that all our visitors will come by car.

Used with why or when

  • that: Don't assume that means I rejected your changes.
  • whatever: During the second stage the woman is encouraged to assume whatever position she finds easiest.
  • when: I'm assuming when you say college in that last sentence you meant " Inland Revenue " ?

Infinitive complement

  • refer: URLs not ending in ' / ' are assumed to refer to JAR files.

Preposition: for

  • simplicity: This is because we assumed for simplicity that water and glass have identical coefficients of refraction.

Preposition: by

  • default: Previously an ASCII encoding was usually assumed by default.
assume Quotes

I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For everyatom belonging to me asgood belongs to you.

—Whitman,Walt(er)

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