assume
verb (used with object)
to take for granted or without proof.
am assuming
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present progressiveof assume (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"I am assuming that we will introduce the industrial electricity price from January 1, 2026," Economy Minister Katherina Reiche said at a conference in Berlin.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2025
I am assuming it just came down to what the Saudis requested.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2023
I am assuming that Apple’s response to that is, “Our corporate employees have more skills. They design the camera on the iPhone. There are advertising people.”
From The Verge ● Jun. 6, 2022
Dotted with fresh corn and cherry tomatoes, I am assuming this dish will evolve as we head into winter, but for now, I really enjoyed this take on a classic dish.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2021
The company employs between fifteen hundred and two thousand white men, and I am assuming that half of them are in the fur country.
From On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada by Julian Ralph
