Definition of assume | Collins English Dictionary

assume (əˈsjuːm)

(may take a clause as object) to take for granted; accept without proof; suppose ⇒ to assume that someone is sane
to take upon oneself; undertake or take on or over (a position, responsibility, etc) ⇒ to assume office
to pretend to; feign ⇒ he assumed indifference, although the news affected him deeply
to take or put on; adopt ⇒ the problem assumed gigantic proportions
to appropriate or usurp (power, control, etc); arrogate ⇒ the revolutionaries assumed control of the city
Christianity (of God) to take up (the soul of a believer) into heaven

asˈsumable adjective asˈsumer noun

C15: from Latin assūmere to take up, from sūmere to take up, from sub- + emere to take

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= take on, begin, accept, manage, bear, handle, shoulder, take over, don, acquire, put on, take up, embrace, undertake, set about, attend to, take responsibility for embark upon, enter upon,

British English: assume If you assume that something is true, you suppose that it is true, sometimes wrongly.I assume the eggs will be fresh.əˈsjuːm VERB I assume the eggs will be fresh.
Spanish: suponer v
French: présumer v
German: annehmen v
Chinese: 假定 v
Arabic: يَفْتَرِضُ v
Portuguese: presumir v
Russian: принимать v
Croatian: poprimiti v
Czech: předpokládat v
Danish: antage v
Dutch: aannemen v
Finnish: olettaa v
Greek: υποθέτω v
Italian: presumere v
Japanese: 想定する v
Korean: 가정하다 v
Norwegian: anta v
Polish: przypuścić v przypuszczać
Brazilian Portuguese: presumir vt
European Spanish: suponer v
Swedish: anta v
Thai: ทึกทักเอา v
Turkish: varsaymak v
Vietnamese: giả thiết v

It was arrogance on both our parts to assume I could ever claw back the brutality I once had.
Mark Burnell, CHAMELEON (2002)
And since I assume you're referring to the unaired Weinstein episode [from the Family Guy, Vol.
Maxim (2004)
You automatically assume you'll be allowed to put the ball into a scrum.
Irish Times (2002)
Linda's experience shows how impossible it is to assume anything about anyone.
Glasgow Herald (2001)
Both these estimates assume that the system is entirely self-organised without interference from outside.
Michael Boulter, EXTINCTION: Evolution and the End of Man (2002)