Assume

  • 11assumé — assumé, ée (a su mé, mée) part. passé. La responsabilité assumée par cet employé …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 12assume — ► VERB 1) accept as true without proof. 2) take (responsibility or control). 3) begin to have (a quality, appearance, or extent). 4) pretend to have; adopt falsely. ORIGIN Latin assumere, from sumere take …

    English terms dictionary

  • 13assume — as|sume W1S1 [əˈsju:m US əˈsu:m] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: assumere, from ad to + sumere to take ] 1.) to think that something is true, although you do not have definite proof = ↑presume assume (that) ▪ I didn t see your car, so I… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14assume — [[t]əsju͟ːm, AM əsu͟ːm[/t]] ♦♦ assumes, assuming, assumed 1) VERB If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly. [V that] It is a misconception to assume that the two continents are similar... [V that] If… …

    English dictionary

  • 15assume — verb (T) 1 to think that something is true, although you have no proof of it: assume (that): I didn t see your car, so I assumed you d gone out. | Assuming that the proposal is accepted, when are we going to get the money? | we can safely assume… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16assume */*/*/ — UK [əˈsjuːm] / US [əˈsum] verb [transitive] Word forms assume : present tense I/you/we/they assume he/she/it assumes present participle assuming past tense assumed past participle assumed 1) a) to believe that something is true, even though no… …

    English dictionary

  • 17assume — verb ADVERB ▪ automatically, naturally ▪ I automatically assumed that you knew about this. ▪ reasonably, safely ▪ I think we can safely assume that this situation will continue …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 18assume — 01. When you didn t come to work, I just [assumed] that you were sick. 02. We shouldn t make any [assumptions] until we have heard from everyone involved in the incident. 03. Many people seem to [assume] that Canadians are just the same as… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 19assume — transitive verb (assumed; assuming) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin assumere, from ad + sumere to take more at consume Date: 15th century 1. a. to take up or in ; receive b. to take into partners …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 20assume — assumer, n. /euh soohm /, v.t., assumed, assuming. 1. to take for granted or without proof; suppose; postulate; posit: to assume that everyone wants peace. 2. to take upon oneself; undertake: to assume an obligation. 3. to take over the duties or …

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