presume
IPA: prɪzˈum
verb
- (transitive) With infinitive object: to be so presumptuous as (to do something) without proper authority or permission.
- (transitive, now rare) To perform, do (something) without authority; to lay claim to without permission.
- (transitive) To assume or suggest to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose.
- (transitive) To take as a premise; to assume for the sake of argument.
- (intransitive) To be presumptuous; with on, upon, to take advantage (of), to take liberties (with).
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Examples of "presume" in Sentences
- I want to see ADAM punching the ground, which, we presume, is the addict.
- I presume from the patina that the one pictured is sitting on a battlefield somewhere.
- I also have an RFC (issued in conjunction with my Scotiabank account), which I presume is used by Hacienda to track taxes withheld from interest income. gpkisner
- Finally, damienoujia at this Comicvine forum noted another moment where Lori's smoking habit illuminated her character: Her first meeting with the Comedian and it seems he's hitting on her ... he lights what we presume is her first cigarette.
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