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presumptive
[ pri-zuhmp-tiv ]
/ prɪˈzʌmp tɪv /
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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.
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Origin of presumptive
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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH presumptive
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British Dictionary definitions for presumptive
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 organpresumptive epidermis
Derived forms of presumptive
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