presume
verb (used with object)
to take for granted, assume, or suppose.
have been presuming
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present perfect progressiveof presume.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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I have been presuming on our relationship to be as provoking as I could, because—honestly—I thought that you might have trusted me a little more.
From A True Friend A Novel by Adeline Sergeant
He knew that well, said Uli; but that would have been presuming, and the distance was too great beside, for they were going back today; he had his hands full now.
Naturally there followed, even with the faint suspicions so far engendered, the question as to what the possible object for the crime could have been, presuming either man had been involved.
From The Diamond Cross Mystery Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story by Chester K. Steele
