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as·sume
 assume
- pronunciation:
sum
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
assumed, assumes, assuming |
| definition 1: |
to suppose (something) to be true without evidence; take for granted.
It was Monday afternoon, so I assumed she was still at work.I assumed that he could answer my math question because he had been a math professor.
- synonyms:
- presume, presuppose, suppose
- similar words:
- conjecture, imagine, posit, postulate, predicate, premise
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| definition 2: |
to take on, as a duty, role, or appearance.
She assumed the burden of caring for his aging mother without complaining.The ghost assumed bodily form.- synonyms:
- adopt, undertake
- antonyms:
- abdicate
- similar words:
- accept, bear, pretend, shoulder, strike, wear
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| definition 3: |
to put on outwardly; pretend; affect.
They merely assumed interest in the subject.- synonyms:
- affect, counterfeit, feign, pretend, simulate
- similar words:
- don, imitate, impersonate, mimic
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| related words: |
absorb, act, affect, arrogate, believe, contract, gather, guess, hope, imply, play, pretend, profess, read between the lines, repute, run, sham, surmise, take, think, trust, understand |
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