to assume
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5.0
- verb
- /əˈsum/
:
fingir
- So at this low, low moment in his life, he assumes yet another person who has a story worse than his own.
- assume an identity
- assume the guise
- assume a resigned attitude
And the third is you assume the feeling of that wish fulfilled.
- And the third is you assume the feeling of that wish fulfilled.
- And again, and not uncommon psychopathic play, he ended up assuming Dickie Greenleaf's character, his name.
Examples
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Sometimes the teacher uses role-playing to assume the identity of an object.
Academic text (2013) -
"You must be a chameleon; you must be able to assume your client's voice.
Academic text (2011) -
Before this, I had wanted people to assume I was sleeping with Jack.
Fiction book (1991) -
And then I met this girl and she assumed I was gay.
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I spoke the language, I had the uniform, people just assumed things.
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I think she assumed it had something to do with why he was jealous.
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I assume the part of an abused father sometimes to get a little sympathy now and then.
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Everybody assumed I was a big-city guy.
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I assume they're all expert sailors.
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She decided to assume a confident demeanor, even though she was nervous inside.
Synonyms
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1.0
Behave in a certain way, often to pretend or hide feelings
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6.1
To pretend to be someone you are not to trick people
89
3.9
To say you know or can do something when you do not
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7.2
Pretend to feel something, like surprise or interest, to trick other people
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6.7
Pretend to have a feeling to trick people
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3.8
Pretend something is real for fun or play
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6.4
To pretend to be or feel something to trick people
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Etymology
Assume comes from Latin ad- 'to' and sumere 'to take', so it can mean 'to take on' a feeling or behaviour. That's why to assume an attitude is to 'take on' or pretend that feeling.