presume
verb (used with object)
to take for granted, assume, or suppose.
will presume
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future tenseof presume.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“People will presume whatever they want to presume.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2021
However, those prone to believing in patterns and seeding history will presume it means the Bucks have a 66.7 percent of being doomed.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2020
When I come in, all the waiters say hello, and often the actors will presume that they know me and jump up to say hello.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 2, 2016
If the state keeps control of all the prisons for a year, Henderson said he will presume that health care meets constitutional standards and that he should consider ending the receivership.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 10, 2015
Only leopard society men do that, and your enemy, we will presume, is not a leopard.
From West African studies by Mary Henrietta Kingsley
