to presume
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4.9
- verb
- /prɪˈzum/
:
deducir
- Based on the evidence presented, we can presume that she will arrive by noon.
- presumed consent
- presumed positive
- presumed effects
The loops or networks are presumed to exist on this scale.
- The loops or networks are presumed to exist on this scale.
- Yeah, but that presumes there's no work where they are.
- He's, I presume, hustling to kind of make it work.
- But I saw relative transmission rate graph, which I'm going to presume that you've seen.
- I have to presume that there were days when you had lousy dives.
- And you have brought us this case, which I presume houses the reason for your visit, a painting.
- And it sounds dumb, but I, I kind of presumed that these big companies just operate the same way.
- I think this is, I'm presuming it's here to like put everything in place, lock it all in.
- And so I presume it means she has power, she has arm power arm to propel her wheels, right?
Examples
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We'll have to presume it was homicide.
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As the rest of the message was torn from his hand, we may presume that the note, in some way, identified its sender.
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Can I presume the police were involved in the loss of my two million?
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I presume we are here for the same reason at this late hour.
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How dare you presume to tell us about the ways of magic?
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And you have brought us this case, which I presume houses the reason for your visit, a painting.
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My lectures are going to presume no special knowledge on your part.
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But the point being that we presume China has more priorities than simply the climate.
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We never found their bodies, but we presumed foul play.
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The expectation that students will achieve such aims presumes that teachers know a great deal about art.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To think something is likely without being sure
∞
2.7
To think something is true without clear proof
∞
3.2
Think something is true without proof
925
3.6
To think something is likely true without definite proof
637
4.9
Think something is true from what someone has said or shown
57
5.5
Decide that something is true using evidence
45
4.6
Figure out something from facts or evidence
35
7.5
To suggest that something is true as the start of an argument
17
7.5
To suggest that something is true to explain facts
Antonyms
How Probable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Presume comes from the Latin parts prae- 'before' and sumere 'to take', and this gave the legal idea of 'taking' a fact as true until it is shown otherwise, so to presume something is to accept it as likely based on the evidence.