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Synonyms for assumed

Grammar : Adj
Spell : uh-soomd
Phonetic Transcription : əˈsumd

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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