Assume

/əˈsjuːm/

Synonyms for "assume" (414 found)

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Closest matches (83)

Verb(24 words)

accept presumetake onacceded accedes accedingaccept responsibilityaccessioned acquire adoptadopting resolutionadoptsaffect understandingarrogate arrogated arrogates bear becomesbegging the questionbegs

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believed believes carried collect

acceptaccount asaccroach acquire actact a partact likeadmit adopt affect affirm allegorize allowallude toappropriate arrogate assertassume commandattack attempt

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averbe afraidbelieve bluff borrow bringbring to mindbuckle tocall forcamouflage change chorus cloak colonizecome bycome in forcommandeer comprise conceal concede conceit conceive conclude conjecture connote conquer consider contain copy counterfeitcover up

Noun(8 words)

accept at face valueaccept original valueacknowledgingadopt power saving habitsadopting arrogatingbase the hypothesisbelieve without question

Strong matches (124)

crib dare daresay deduce deem derivederive fromdisguise dissemble dissimulate ditto divine dodo a bitdo likedondrag downdramatize drawdraw from

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draw ondreamdress inecho embarkembark inembark uponemploy encroach endeavorengage inenslave entailenter onenter uponesteem estimate expect fakefall intofall tofancy feel feign figure forgefour flushfour-flush gain gammon gather getget intoget onget under waygo aboutgo atgo in forgo intogo likego through the motionsgo upongrab grant guess havehave a hunchhave an ideahave an impressionhave an inklinghave athave coming inhave the ideahazard hide hint histrionize hog hokehoke upholdhold asimagine imitate implicate imply import indent infer infringe insinuate intimate invade involve judgejump a claimlaunch forthlaunch into

Verb(17 words)

debuting don donned envisage feign figured filledget intoguess hypothesize hypothesized imagined imagines incurred incurring inherit intuited

Noun(9 words)

donning fancies figureguessing without evidencehopeshypothetical modelicelandic haldaimaginingisolated system model

Related words (207)

lay aboutlay 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 ofmask

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meanmean to saymirror mock monopolizemount the thronemove intoobtain occupy opine overact overrun piratepitch intoplagiarize playplay a partplay a sceneplay godplay possumplayactplunge intopoint indirectly toposit postulate predicate preempt prefigure premise preoccupy prepossess presume presuppose presurmise pretendpretend toproceedproceed toprofessprovisionally acceptpullpull downput onput on airsreceive reckon reecho reflect regard repeat repute require requisition say secure seizeseize powerseize the throneset aboutset atset down asset forwardset goingset tosham shoulder simulatesit onslip onsnatchsquat onsteal strike subjugate subsume suggest suppose surmise suspect tackle taketake all oftake chargetake commandtake fortake for grantedtake intake ittake it alltake ontake overtake possessiontake possession oftake the helmtake the leadtake the libertytake to betake upthink throw trespass trowtug the heartstringsturn tounderstand undertake use usurp ventureventure uponview aswear ween wit

Noun(27 words)

leaping mantels mantlenorwegian taoversupply riskpoises poses posing position posits postulates posture posturespremise the argumentpresuming resumes shoulder shouldering shoulders speculating

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state change verbsuppose youthought tomas trusting undertaking usurping

Adjective(3 words)

nonmoving premiserumoredthinking skills

Verb(43 words)

obligating posed posit posited postulate postulated postulating premising presumed presumes presupposed presupposes presupposing pretended pretends proposeput onreckoned reckons replaces

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romanian imagineseize sham simulate slid strike succeed succeeding suppose supposes supposing taketake for grantedtake overtake uptook undertake undertaken undertakes undertook usurp usurps wear

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

20 entries

act anticipate assumption belief change conjecture dissemble dress duty expectget dressedinvite move premise pretend receive

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More specific

8 entries

assume dutiesassume liabilityguesshypothesize a scenarioimagine positposit a conditionspeculate

Collocations

6 entries

assume a premiseassume a roleassume controlassume leadershipassume liabilityassume responsibility

Inflections

3 entries

assumed assumes assuming

Derivations

5 entries

assumable assumingly assumption assumptions reassume

similar

3 entries

fill occupy take

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It's presumptuous for humans to assume that our task is to do what only God can do.

Source: tatoeba (1901)

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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