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presumptive
[pri-zuhmp-tiv]
adjective
affording ground for belief or presumption.
presumptive evidence.
based on likelihood or presumption.
a presumptive title; the presumptive nominee.
regarded as such by presumption; based on inference; assumed.
a presumptive case of pneumonia.
Embryology., pertaining to the part of an embryo that, in the course of normal development, will predictably become a particular structure or region.
presumptive
/ prɪˈzʌmptɪv /
adjective
based on presumption or probability
affording reasonable ground for belief
of or relating to embryonic tissues that become differentiated into a particular tissue or organ
presumptive epidermis
Other Word Forms
- presumptively adverb
- nonpresumptive adjective
- nonpresumptively adverb
- overpresumptive adjective
- overpresumptively adverb
- unpresumptive adjective
- unpresumptively adverb
- presumptiveness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of presumptive1
Example Sentences
J’Onre Reed started 25 games at Syracuse the past two seasons before transferring to USC, where he entered spring practice as the presumptive starter.
Left tackle Elijah Paige said Thursday that he has seen a major change in Maiava since he entered the offseason as the presumptive starter.
Mamdani’s meteoric rise to becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee for mayor of New York, an office that is both local and national, has made him many enemies in the media.
By the time Vice President Kamala Harris was playing it at her first rally as the presumptive Democratic nominee in Atlanta, every sporting event in America was playing that song.
People who want to fight Trump will also have to fight this inertia — even though many of the party’s presumptive presidential candidates are saying, no, no, I'm going to come out swinging.
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