Antonyms for assume
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uh-soom |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈsum |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for assume
- accept
- acquire
- act
- adopt
- affect
- annex
- appropriate
- arrogate
- ascertain
- attend to
- be afraid
- be inclined to think
- begin
- bluff
- borrow
- clap hands on
- commandeer
- conclude
- confiscate
- conjecture
- consider
- count upon
- counterfeit
- deduce
- deem
- divine
- don
- embark upon
- embrace
- enter upon
- estimate
- expect
- expropriate
- fake
- fall for
- fancy
- feign
- find
- gather
- get fingers on
- get hands on
- get the idea
- glom onto
- grab
- grab hold of
- guess
- have a hunch
- have sneaking suspicion
- hijack
- hypothesize
- imagine
- imitate
- impersonate
- infer
- judge
- kipe
- liberate
- mimic
- moonlight requisition
- posit
- postulate
- predicate
- preempt
- presume
- presuppose
- pretend
- put on
- seize
- set about
- simulate
- snatch
- speculate
- suppose
- surmise
- suspect
- swipe
- take on
- take over
- take up
- theorize
- think
- understand
- usurp
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