assumed (əˈsjuːmd
)
Definitions
adjective
- false; fictitious ⇒
an assumed name
- taken for granted ⇒
an assumed result
- usurped; arrogated ⇒
an assumed authority
Synonyms
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false,
affected,
made-up,
pretended,
fake,
imitation,
bogus,
simulated,
sham,
counterfeit,
feigned,
spurious,
fictitious,
make-believe,
pseudonymous,
phoney or phony
assume (əˈsjuːm)
Definitions
verb (tr)
- (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
Alternative Forms
asˈsumable adjective asˈsumer nounWord Origin
C15: from Latin assūmere to take up, from sūmere to take up, from sub- + emere to takeSynonyms
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presume,
think,
believe,
expect,
accept,
suppose,
imagine,
suspect,
guess,
take it,
fancy,
take for granted,
infer,
conjecture,
postulate,
surmise,
presuppose,
=
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,
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take over,
take,
appropriate,
acquire,
seize,
hijack,
confiscate,
wrest,
usurp,
lay claim to,
pre-empt,
commandeer,
requisition,
expropriate,
arrogate,
Usage examples
I went through to the kitchen where an unfamiliar bag which I assumed belonged to Ellen sat on the bench.
, BETTER THAN THIS (2002)Bush told Americans of the "great risk" assumed by the astronauts in their "service to all humanity".
New Scientist (2003)Leavy, a former Washington Post reporter, told the Times she assumed the item was about her book.
Globe and Mail (2003)Its holiness derives from its being the first place to which the Muslims turned in prayer before Mecca assumed this role.
Glasgow Herald (2001)They never thought of Nicolas -- they assumed the unicorn was me.
, THE LADY AND THE UNICORN (2003)