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Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-soom
Phonetic Transcription : əˈsum

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Définition of assume

Origin :
  • early 15c., assumpten "to receive up into heaven" (especially of the Virgin Mary), also assumen "to arrogate," from Latin assumere "to take up, take to oneself," from ad- "to, up" (see ad-) + sumere "to take," from sub "under" + emere "to take" (see exempt (adj.)).
  • Meaning "to suppose, to take for granted as the basis of argument" is first recorded 1590s; that of "to take or put on (an appearance, etc.)" is from c.1600. Related: Assumed; assuming. Early past participle was assumpt. In rhetorical usage, assume expresses what the assumer postulates, often as a confessed hypothesis; presume expresses what the presumer really believes.
  • verb believe, take for granted
  • verb take, undertake
  • verb pretend
  • verb adopt, acquire
Example sentences :
  • Sympathetic persons are apt to assume that every refined emotion must be ennobling.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • I come before you and assume the Presidency at a moment rich with promise.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • What if Remorse should assume the features of an injured friend?
  • Extract from : « The Haunted Mind (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • "Go on before, and make a way for us," said the doctor, with an authority he had no right to assume.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • This bantering is most pointed if we assume that Rosaline was dark rather than fair.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • If we are unable to assume either of these postures, we may pray in any position.
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • Such a student cannot assume that Paul ever took anything for granted.
  • Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
  • At forty if a man chooses to assume the role of Orlando he does it to perfection.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Nor did he understand why Mrs. Allen had expected him, or why Jane should assume that he had hunted them up.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • It was quite a burden for this young man of twenty to assume.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa

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