Antonyms for assumed
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uh-soomd |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈsumd |
Definition of assumed
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.
- adj pretended
- adj expected
- After this, nothing could restore the courtesy he had previously assumed.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- He gives what His hearers might be assumed to be able to assimilate; but that is all.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Dick assumed an air vastly more confidential than at any time hitherto.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- It is assumed that the children that are to eat this meal are not infants.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Now that she had assumed it, though, he could hardly explain that it was an accident.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- These daily meetings had assumed a great and sweet familiarity.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- He assumed command on the 17th of April, having hurried from Spain.
- Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
- Martin, who already had been doing a man's work, now assumed a man's responsibilities.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- "No weapon except my knife," I replied, with assumed carelessness.
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- In doing all this, his manner wore an appearance, to me, of assumed severity.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
Synonyms for assumed
- accepted
- affected
- artificial
- bogus
- conjectured
- connoted
- counted on
- counterfeit
- fake
- false
- feigned
- fictitious
- given
- granted
- hypothesized
- hypothetical
- imitation
- inferred
- made-up
- make-believe
- phony
- postulated
- presumed
- presupposed
- pretended
- put-on
- sham
- simulated
- spurious
- supposed
- suppositional
- surmised
- tacit
- taken as known
- taken for granted
- understood
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