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    as·sume
    [əˈso͞om]
    verb
    assume (verb) · assumes (third person present) · assumed (past tense) · assumed (past participle) · assuming (present participle)
    1. suppose to be the case, without proof:
      "it is reasonable to assume that such changes have significant social effects" · "they were assumed to be foreign" · "you're afraid of what people are going to assume about me"
    2. take or begin to have (power or responsibility):
      "he assumed full responsibility for all organizational work"
      • seize (power or control):
        "the rebels assumed control of the capital"
    3. take on (a specified quality, appearance, or extent):
      "militant activity had assumed epidemic proportions"
      • take on or adopt (a manner or identity), sometimes falsely:
        "Oliver assumed an expression of penitence" · "she puts on a disguise, assumes a different persona, and cruises the squalid bars on the bad side of town"
    Origin
    late Middle English: from Latin assumere, from ad- ‘towards’ + sumere ‘take’.
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    verb
    1. suppose to be the case, without proof:
      presume
      suppose
      take it
      take for granted
      presuppose
      conjecture
      surmise
      conclude
      deduce
      infer
      reckon
      reason
      guess
      imagine
      think
      fancy
      suspect
      expect
      accept
      believe
      understand
      gather
      glean
      figure
      opine
      ween
      take as read
      take it as given
      come to the conclusion
      draw the inference
      be of the opinion
      be given to understand
    2. take or begin to have (power or responsibility):
      accept
      shoulder
      bear
      undertake
      take on
      take up
      manage
      handle
      turn one's hand to
      take on oneself
      deal with
      get to grips with
    3. take on (a specified quality, appearance, or extent):
      acquire
      take on
      adopt
      come to have
     
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    What is the difference between assume and presume?
    Assume and presume both mean "to take something for granted" or "to take something as true," but the words differ in the degree of confidence the person assuming or presuming has. Presume is used when someone is making an informed guess based on reasonable evidence. Assume is used when the guess is based on little or no evidence.

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    What does assume mean?
    assume something (formal) to take or begin to have power or responsibility Rebel forces have assumed control of the capital. The court assumed responsibility for the girl's welfare. Goodman will assume the role of president. Lynch assumed office in April. assume something (formal) to begin to have a particular quality or appearance synonym take on

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    What is the difference between assume and feign?
    1. (may take a clause as object) to take for granted; accept without proof; suppose: to assume that someone is sane. 2. to take upon oneself; undertake or take on or over (a position, responsibility, etc): to assume office. 3. to pretend to; feign: he assumed indifference, although the news affected him deeply.

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    What is a synonym for assume?
    Some common synonyms of assume are affect, counterfeit, feign, pretend, sham, and simulate. While all these words mean "to put on a false or deceptive appearance," assume often implies a justifiable motive rather than an intent to deceive. When would affect be a good substitute for assume?

    ASSUME Synonyms: 195 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster

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    What does it mean if someone assumes something is true?
    1. If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly. [...] 2. If someone assumes power or responsibility, they take power or responsibility. [...] 3. If something assumes a particular quality, it begins to have that quality. [...]

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    What is the root word for assume?
    From Latin assūmō (“accept, take”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + sūmō (“take up, assume”). assume (third-person singular simple present assumes, present participle assuming, simple past and past participle assumed) We assume that, as her parents were dentists, she knows quite a bit about dentistry.

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    WEB1. (may take a clause as object) to take for granted; accept without proof; suppose. to assume that someone is sane. 2. to take upon oneself; undertake or take on or over (a position, responsibility, etc) to assume …

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