to assume

Examples

• All

• "Jesus Maria spoke as if their mother, like the Virgin Mary, had been assumed into heaven."

  Fiction book (1990)

• In assuming the spirit of the ancestors, the wearer of an Ekpo mask executes the collective wishes of the community's forefathers.

  Academic text (1994)

• Why did God assume human nature instead of, you know, angelic nature?

• Next you'll ask when he'll be assumed to heaven.

  Fiction book (1999)

• God assumed the form of the serpent as a manifestation of His wholeness, encompassing both good and evil.

  Fiction book (1995)

• St. Nersess the Gracefilled amplifies this christology later in "Aysor Anjar": "Because God the Word assumed perfect human nature, he had to suffer fear and sorrow in his economy."

  Academic text (1991)

• Many Christians celebrate the Feast of the Assumption, honoring Mary's ascent to heaven.

• According to tradition, the Virgin Mary was assumed body and soul into heaven at the end of her life.

Antonyms

D

to descend

150 2.7

Move from a higher to a lower place

Idioms

A

to assume the mantle

• Formal

1 7.3

To take on an important role as a leader

A

to assume room temperature

8.2

To reach the same temperature as the room after being cold or hot

Phrasal Verbs

A

to assume the position

6 7.6

To stand or sit as someone in charge orders

Surface Forms

Etymology