presume
verb (used with object)
to take for granted, assume, or suppose.
is presuming
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present progressiveof presume (3rd 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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That is presuming, however, there are takers to host the 2030 event.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2024
Question now is, presuming Lock returns healthy by early next week, will he be given a runway to win the starting job?
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2022
A.B.G. is presuming that in today’s multiplatform world, a brand name and what it stands for is the most valuable form of commodity.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2019
As Kate Klonick and I wrote previously, the court is presuming a level of technological sophistication and degree of specificity that simply do not, and likely never will, exist.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2019
That, of course, is presuming that there are only two out.
From Unwise Child by Randall Garrett
