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assumptive

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[uh-suhmp-tiv] / əˈsʌmp tɪv /

adjective

  1. taken for granted.

  2. characterized by assumption.

    an assumptive statement.

  3. presumptuous.

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Etymology

Origin of assumptive

1605–15; < Latin assūmptīvus, equivalent to assūmpt ( us ) (past participle) ( see assumption) + -īvus -ive

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