Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to assume
Participle: assumed
Gerund: assuming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | assume |
| you | assume |
| he;she;it | assumes |
| we | assume |
| you | assume |
| they | assume |
Perfect
| I | have assumed |
| you | have assumed |
| he;she;it | has assumed |
| we | have assumed |
| you | have assumed |
| they | have assumed |
Past
| I | assumed |
| you | assumed |
| he;she;it | assumed |
| we | assumed |
| you | assumed |
| they | assumed |
Pluperfect
| I | had assumed |
| you | had assumed |
| he;she;it | had assumed |
| we | had assumed |
| you | had assumed |
| they | had assumed |
Future
| I | will assume |
| you | will assume |
| he;she;it | will assume |
| we | will assume |
| you | will assume |
| they | will assume |
Future Perfect
| I | will have assumed |
| you | will have assumed |
| he;she;it | will have assumed |
| we | will have assumed |
| you | will have assumed |
| they | will have assumed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | assume |
| you | assume |
| he;she;it | assume |
| we | assume |
| you | assume |
| they | assume |
Perfect
| I | have assumed |
| you | have assumed |
| he;she;it | have assumed |
| we | have assumed |
| you | have assumed |
| they | have assumed |
Imperfect
| I | assumed |
| you | assumed |
| he;she;it | assumed |
| we | assumed |
| you | assumed |
| they | assumed |
Pluperfect
| I | had assumed |
| you | had assumed |
| he;she;it | had assumed |
| we | had assumed |
| you | had assumed |
| they | had assumed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would assume |
| you | would assume |
| he;she;it | would assume |
| we | would assume |
| you | would assume |
| they | would assume |
Perfect
| I | would have assumed |
| you | would have assumed |
| he;she;it | would have assumed |
| we | would have assumed |
| you | would have assumed |
| they | would have assumed |
Imperative
| you | assume |
| we | Let's assume |
| you | assume |
Verbs conjugated like 'assume'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'assume'
absume,
assure,
ashame,
asshure,
assize,
assle,
assuage,
assumpt,
coassume,
desume,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to deem something true without verification or proof
- arread, conject, conjecture, daresay, dope, go out on a limb, guess, guesstimate, hypothesize, imagine, infer, overhope, posit, postulate, presume, reckon, speculate, suppose, suspect, take a stab at, take something as read, ween
- presume
- infer, give, presuppose, suppose, deem, believe, gather
- undertake
- shoulder
- feign
- affect, counterfeit, pretend, bluff, simulate, fake
- appropriate
- confiscate, seize, expropriate, arrogate, usurp
Antonyms
- to determine the value of
- guess, mismeasure, quantify
- presume
- prove, deduce, infer, distrust
- appropriate
- inappropriate, unsuitable, unfitting, inept
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1436, "to receive up into heaven" (especially of the Virgin Mary, e.g.
Feast of the Assumption, celebrated Aug. 15, attested from 1297), from L.
assumere "to take up," from
ad- "to, up" +
sumere "to take," from
sub "under" +
emere "to take" (see exempt). Early pp. was
assumpt. Meaning "to suppose" is first recorded 1598. In rhetorical usage,
assume expresses what the assumer postulates, often as a confessed hypothesis;
presume expresses what the presumer really believes.
2. From Latin assūmō (“accept, take”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + sūmō (“take up, assume”). See: Latin '
assūmō'.
Sample Sentences
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“ I 'm afraid not. ” “ Lor bless ye, yes ! These critters ain't like white folks, you know; they gets over things, only manage right. Now, they say, ” said Haley, assuming a candid and confidential air, “ that this kind o ’ trade is hardening to the feelings; but I never found it so. Fact is, I never could do things up the way some fellers manage the business. I 've [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] a while, on the mother taking hold of her again, a vague idea seemed to flit across Laura 's mind, that this could not be a stranger; she therefore felt her hands very eagerly, while her countenance assumed an expression of intense interest; she became very pale; and then suddenly red; hope seemed struggling with doubt and anxiety, and never were contending emotions more strongly painted upon the human [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] it, which is devoted to the reception of old or otherwise helpless paupers, these words are painted on the walls: ‘WORTHY OF NOTICE. SELF-GOVERNMENT, QUIETUDE, AND PEACE, ARE BLESSINGS. ’ It is not assumed and taken for granted that being there they must be evil-disposed and wicked people, before whose vicious eyes it is necessary to flourish threats and harsh restraints. They are met at the very [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] But I solemnly declare, that from all the crowd I saw in the different factories that day, I cannot recall or separate one young face that gave me a painful impression; not one young girl whom, assuming it to be a matter of necessity that she should gain her daily bread by the labour of her hands, I would have removed from those works if I had had the power.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] after a shower, and began a housewifely chat with Miss Ophelia, concerning cupboards, closets, linen-presses, store-rooms, and other matters, of which the latter was, by common understanding, to assume the direction,—giving her so many cautious directions and charges, that a head less systematic and business-like than Miss Ophelia's would have been utterly dizzied and confounded.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ No, no Rosa, ” said Eva, with an air of command, which the child could assume at times; “ you mustn't talk so, Rosa. I can't bear to hear it. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Marie was one of those unfortunately constituted mortals, in whose eyes whatever is lost and gone assumes a value which it never had in possession. Whatever she had, she seemed to survey only to pick flaws in it; but, once fairly away, there was no end to her valuation of it.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] such an instinctive view of the extent of the requirements of Christianity, that he shrank, by anticipation, from what he felt would be the exactions of his own conscience, if he once did resolve to assume them. For, so inconsistent is human nature, especially in the ideal, that not to undertake a thing at all seems better than to undertake and come short.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Tom woke. Was it a dream ? Let it pass for one. But who shall say that that sweet young spirit, which in life so yearned to comfort and console the distressed, was forbidden of God to assume this ministry after death ?
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The disguises the party had assumed were in accordance with the hints of Tom Loker. Mrs. Smyth, a respectable woman from the settlement in Canada, whither they were fleeing, being fortunately about crossing the lake to return thither, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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I assume your students enjoyed your lecture today.
(Verses of Love 2)