It's presumptuous for humans to assume that our task is to do what only God can do.
Source: tatoeba (1901)
Assume
//əˈsjuːm//
Synonyms for "assume" (310 found)
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Closest matches (62)
Strong matches (93)
concealconcedeconceitconceiveconcludeconjectureconnoteconquerconsidercontaincopycover upcribdaredaresaydeducedeemderivederive fromdisguise
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dissembledissimulatedittodivinedodo a bitdo likedondrag downdramatizedrawdraw fromdraw ondreamdress inechoembarkembark inembark uponemployencroachendeavorengage inenslaveentailenter onenter uponesteemestimateexpectfakefall intofall tofancyfeelfigureforgefour flushfour-flushgaingammongathergetget intoget onget under waygo aboutgo atgo in forgo intogo likego through the motionsgo upongrabgrantguesshavehave a hunchhave an ideahave an impressionhave an inklinghave athave coming inhave the ideahazardhidehinthistrionizehoghoke
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hoke upholdhold ashypothesizeimagineimitateimplicateimportindentinferinfringeinsinuateintimateinvadeinvolvejudgejump a claimlaunch forthlaunch intolay about
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lay it on thicklead toletlet belet onlet on likelook upon asmaintainmake a pretensemake a show ofmake as ifmake believemake boldmake freemake free withmake likemake out likemake use ofmaskmeanmean to saymirrormockmonopolizemount the thronemove intoobtainoccupyopineoveractoverrunpiratepitch intoplagiarizeplayplay a partplay a sceneplay godplay possumplayactplunge intopoint indirectly topostulatepredicatepreemptprefigurepremisepreoccupyprepossesspresumepresurmisepretendpretend toproceedproceed toprofessprovisionally acceptpullpull downput on airsreceivereckonreechoreflectregardrepeatreputerequirerequisitionsaysecureseemseizeseize powerseize the throneset aboutset atset down asset forwardset goingset toshouldersit onslip onsnatchsquat onstealstrikesubjugatesubsumesuggestsurmisesuspecttackletake all oftake chargetake commandtake fortake intake ittake it alltake overtake possessiontake possession oftake the helmtake the leadtake the libertytake to betake upthinkthrowtrespasstrowtug the heartstringsturn tounderstanduseventureventure uponview asweenwit
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14 entriesSynonyms
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Related terms
3 entriesderived
10 entrieshas context
1 entriesmanner of
6 entriesrelated to
15 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
141 translations across 44 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- e zem verb (to suppose to be true)
Arabic
1 entries- اِفْتَرَضَ verb (to suppose to be true)
Armenian
1 entries- ենթադրել verb (to suppose to be true)
Basque
1 entries- uste izan verb (adopt an idea)
Belarusian
4 entries- дапуска́ць verb (to suppose to be true)
- дапусці́ць verb (to suppose to be true)
- дапушча́ць verb (to suppose to be true)
- меркава́ць verb (to suppose to be true)
Bengali
1 entries- অনুমান verb (to suppose to be true)
Bulgarian
4 entries- възприема verb (adopt an idea)
- възприемам verb (adopt an idea)
- допу́сна verb (to suppose to be true)
- допуска́м verb (to suppose to be true)
Catalan
3 entries- adoptar verb (adopt an idea)
- assumir verb (take on a position)
- suposar verb (to suppose to be true)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 假定 verb (to suppose to be true)
- 承接 verb (take on a position)
- 採納 /采纳 verb (adopt an idea)
- 接受 verb (adopt an idea)
Czech
4 entries- domnívat se verb (to suppose to be true)
- nabrat verb (adopt an idea)
- předpokládat verb (to suppose to be true)
- zaujmout verb (take on a position)
Danish
2 entries- antage verb (to suppose to be true)
- formode verb (to suppose to be true)
Dutch
4 entries- aannemen verb (to suppose to be true)
- aannemen verb (take on a position)
- aannemen verb (adopt an idea)
- innemen verb (take on a position)
Esperanto
4 entries- akcepti verb (adopt an idea)
- alpreni verb (take on a position)
- alpreni verb (adopt an idea)
- supozi verb (to suppose to be true)
Faroese
1 entries- halda verb (to suppose to be true)
Finnish
4 entries- olettaa verb (to suppose to be true)
- omaksua verb (take on a position)
- omaksua verb (adopt an idea)
- ottaa verb (take on a position)
French
4 entries- adopter verb (adopt an idea)
- assumer verb (to suppose to be true)
- assumer verb (take on a position)
- prendre verb (adopt an idea)
Galician
2 entries- asumir verb (take on a position)
- supor verb (to suppose to be true)
German
4 entries- annehmen verb (to suppose to be true)
- annehmen verb (take on a position)
- annehmen verb (adopt an idea)
- aufnehmen verb (take on a position)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to suppose to be true)
Hebrew
1 entries- הֵנִיחַ verb (to suppose to be true)
Hungarian
2 entries- feltesz verb (to suppose to be true)
- feltételez verb (to suppose to be true)
Italian
3 entries- assumere verb (take on a position)
- presupporre verb (to suppose to be true)
- ritenere verb (to suppose to be true)
Japanese
3 entries- 仮定する verb (to suppose to be true)
- 引き受ける verb (take on a position)
- 負う verb (take on a position)
Khmer
1 entries- សន្មត verb (to suppose to be true)
Korean
1 entries- 가정하다 verb (to suppose to be true)
Latin
4 entries- adscisco verb (to suppose to be true)
- adsumo verb (to suppose to be true)
- ascisco verb (to suppose to be true)
- asciscō verb (adopt an idea)
Macedonian
2 entries- претпостави verb (to suppose to be true)
- претпоставува verb (to suppose to be true)
Māori
1 entries- whakatupu verb (take on a position)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- anta verb (to suppose to be true)
- formode verb (to suppose to be true)
Persian
2 entries- حدس زدن verb (to suppose to be true)
- فرض کردن verb (to suppose to be true)
Polish
4 entries- dopuszczać verb (to suppose to be true)
- dopuścić verb (to suppose to be true)
- przypuszczać verb (to suppose to be true)
- przypuścić verb (to suppose to be true)
Portuguese
4 entries- assumir verb (take on a position)
- pressupor verb (to suppose to be true)
- presumir verb (to suppose to be true)
- supor verb (to suppose to be true)
Romanian
2 entries- prepune verb (to suppose to be true)
- presupune verb (to suppose to be true)
Russian
4 entries- допуска́ть verb (to suppose to be true)
- допусти́ть verb (to suppose to be true)
- занима́ть verb (take on a position)
- заня́ть verb (take on a position)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pretpòstaviti verb (to suppose to be true)
- pretpòstavljati verb (to suppose to be true)
- претпо̀ставити verb (to suppose to be true)
- претпо̀стављати verb (to suppose to be true)
Slovak
2 entries- domnievať sa verb (to suppose to be true)
- predpokladať verb (to suppose to be true)
Slovene
1 entries- domnevati verb (to suppose to be true)
Spanish
4 entries- asumir verb (take on a position)
- asumir verb (adopt an idea)
- dar por sentado verb (to suppose to be true)
- suponer verb (to suppose to be true)
Swedish
1 entries- anta verb (to suppose to be true)
Turkish
2 entries- farz etmek verb (to suppose to be true)
- varsaymak verb (to suppose to be true)
Ukrainian
4 entries- допуска́ти verb (to suppose to be true)
- допусти́ти verb (to suppose to be true)
- займа́ти verb (take on a position)
- прийма́ти verb (adopt an idea)
Urdu
1 entries- فرض کرنا verb (to suppose to be true)
Vietnamese
4 entries- cho rằng verb (to suppose to be true)
- giả sử verb (to suppose to be true)
- gánh vác verb (take on a position)
- lấy verb (take on a position)
Zazaki
1 entries- ferz kerden verb (to suppose to be true)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
We assume that he is honest.
Source: tatoeba (22708)
The question began to assume a new character.
Source: tatoeba (43655)
The problem began to assume an international character.
Source: tatoeba (43676)
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