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presume
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verb (used with object)
- to take for granted, assume, or suppose:
I presume you're tired after your drive.
Synonyms: presuppose
- Law. to assume as true in the absence of proof to the contrary.
- to undertake with unwarrantable boldness.
- to undertake (to do something) without right or permission:
to presume to speak for another.
verb (used without object)
- to take something for granted; suppose.
- to act or proceed with unwarrantable or impertinent boldness.
Synonyms: overstep
- to go too far in acting unwarrantably or in taking liberties (usually followed by on or upon ):
Do not presume upon his tolerance.
presume
/ prɪˈzjuːmɪdlɪ; prɪˈzjuːm /
verb
- when tr, often takes a clause as object to take (something) for granted; assume
- when tr, often foll by an infinitive to take upon oneself (to do something) without warrant or permission; dare
do you presume to copy my work?
- intr; foll by on or upon to rely or depend
don't presume on his agreement
- law to take as proved until contrary evidence is produced
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Derived Forms
- preˈsumingly, adverb
- preˈsumer, noun
- preˈsuming, adjective
- presumedly, adverb
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Other Words From
- pre·sum·ed·ly [pri-, zoo, -mid-lee], adverb
- pre·sumer noun
- unpre·sumed adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of presume1
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Example Sentences
The next month she married the man who, it is safe to presume, was her final husband.
But it is a mistake to presume that because these voters are Obama loyalists they are Democratic Party loyalists.
I presume most Republicans will be clever enough to mute impeachment talk before November.
Somebody (a monk, I presume) has put a dummy dressed in a guard's uniform inside.
How far that may be is unclear, though we can only presume that it would involve jail time for those tracked down.
I presume the twenty-five or thirty miles at this end is unhealthy, even for natives, but it surely need not be so.
I presume this path does not extend many miles without meeting impediments.
I presume there will be more middling and half middling yields within twenty miles of Paris than in all Belgium.
That Lannes would have emerged superior to these trials his previous career affords strong reason to presume.
I presume you know that Maria Theresa was a first-rate soldier; or, at least, she had the happy art of finding them.
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