assume

assume
[[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 the package is wrapped well, we assume the contents are also wonderful...

[be V-ed to-inf] If mistakes occurred, they were assumed to be the fault of the commander on the spot...

[V so] `Today?' - `I'd assume so, yeah.'

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2) VERB If someone assumes power or responsibility, they take power or responsibility.

[V n] Mr Cross will assume the role of Chief Executive with a team of four directors...

[V n] If there is no president, power will be assumed by the most extremist forces.

3) VERB If something assumes a particular quality, it begins to have that quality.

[V n] In his dreams, the mountains assumed enormous importance.

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4) VERB If you assume a particular expression or way of behaving, you start to look or behave in this way.

[V n] He contented himself by assuming an air of superiority...

[V n] Prue assumed a placatory tone of voice.

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5) PHRASE: PHR that You can use let us assume or let's assume when you are considering a possible situation or event, so that you can think about the consequences.
→ See also assuming

Let us assume those clubs actually win something. Then players will receive large bonuses...

Let's assume for a moment that I am a litigant in your court.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • assume — assume, presume 1. Both words can mean ‘suppose’ and are often interchangeable in this meaning. Fowler (1926) maintained that there is a stronger element of postulation or hypothesis in assume and of a belief held on the basis of external… …   Modern English usage

  • assume — [ə so͞om′, əsyo͞om′] vt. assumed, assuming [ME assumen < L assumere, to take up, claim < ad , to + sumere, to take: see CONSUME] 1. to take on or put on (the appearance, form, role, etc. of) 2. to seize; usurp [to assume control] 3. to take …   English World dictionary

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  • Assume — As*sume , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assuming}.] [L. assumere; ad + sumere to take; sub + emere to take, buy: cf. F. assumer. See {Redeem}.] 1. To take to or upon one s self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • assume — (v.) early 15c., assumpten to receive up into heaven (especially of the Virgin Mary), also assumen to arrogate, from L. assumere to take up, take to oneself, from ad to, up (see AD (Cf. ad )) + sumere to take, from sub under + emere …   Etymology dictionary

  • Assume — As*sume , v. i. 1. To be arrogant or pretentious; to claim more than is due. Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) To undertake, as by a promise. Burrill. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • assumé — assumé, ée (a su mé, mée) part. passé. La responsabilité assumée par cet employé …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

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