assume
pronunciation
How to pronounce assume in British English:
UK [əˈsjuːm]
How to pronounce assume in American English:
US [əˈsuːm]
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- Verb:
- take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
- take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
- occupy or take on
- seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
- make a pretence of
- Christianity, obsolete; take up someone's soul into heaven
- put clothing on one's body
Word Origin
- assume
- assume: see prompt
- assume (v.)
- early 15c., assumpten "to receive up into heaven" (especially of the Virgin Mary), also assumen "to arrogate," from Latin assumere, adsumere "to take up, take to oneself, take besides, obtain in addition," from ad- "to, up" (see ad-) + sumere "to take," from sub "under" (see sub-) + 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.
Example
- 1. Nor can investors assume the friction is temporary .
- 2. Never assume responsibility for what happens .
- 3. I assume to set the tone and the pace for the week .
- 4. Never assume that overweight equals lazy and undisciplined .
- 5. Shun arbitrage strategies that assume permanent access to liquidity .