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presumptivepre‧sump‧tive /prɪˈzʌmptɪv/ adjective formal or technical - A presumptive diagnosis of gout can often be made on the basis of hyperuricemia and the clinical presentation.
- A new poll makes drought-stricken Texas look like an oasis for the support-thirsty presidential campaign of presumptive Republican nominee Bob Dole.
- An erect abdominal x ray showed no free gas but a presumptive diagnosis of perforation was made.
- Bob Dole, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
- His youngest son John was to be betrothed to the Count's daughter and heiress presumptive.
- Normally, they punish the presumptive nominee in the late primaries.
- These are the considerations justifying a presumptive privilege for Presidential communications.
based on a reasonable belief about what is likely to be true: a presumptive diagnosis—presumptively adverb |