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[ pri-zuhmp-tiv ] / prɪˈzʌmp tɪv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR presumptive ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveaffording ground for belief or presumption: presumptive evidence. based on likelihood or presumption: a presumptive title; the presumptive nominee. regarded as such by presumption; based on inference; assumed: a presumptive case of pneumonia. Embryology. pertaining to the part of an embryo that, in the course of normal development, will predictably become a particular structure or region. Origin of presumptiveFrom the Late Latin word praesūmptīvus, dating back to 1555–65. See presumption, -ive OTHER WORDS FROM presumptivepre·sump·tive·ly, adverbnon·pre·sump·tive, adjectivenon·pre·sump·tive·ly, adverbo·ver·pre·sump·tive, adjective o·ver·pre·sump·tive·ly, adverbun·pre·sump·tive, adjectiveun·pre·sump·tive·ly, adverb WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH presumptivepresumptive , presumptuousWords nearby presumptivepresumption, presumption of fact, presumption of innocence, presumption of law, presumption of survivorship, presumptive, presumptive heir, presumptive positive, presumptuous, presuppose, presupposition Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for presumptiveThese groups turn out in greater numbers in presidential elections, giving Democrats a presumptive advantage heading into 2016. How Democrats Can Recover|Will Marshall|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST The spotlight will soon fix itself on the presumptive Democratic 2016 nominee, whose name, I think, we all know. Immigration Reform? Not Until Hillary|Michael Tomasky|September 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST Whoever wins that primary will still be an underdog against the presumptive Democratic nominee, Rep. Bruce Braley. Iowa GOP Senate Debate Shows Divides|Ben Jacobs|April 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST The presumptive Democratic nominee is Rep. Bruce Braley, a four-term congressman from northeast Iowa. Pol’s ‘Spoof Ad’ Aims for LOLZ—and Senate Seat|Olivia Nuzzi|April 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Her presumptive Republican opponent, Attorney General Greg Abbott, has already raised nearly $21 million. Wendy Davis Is (Probably) Running for Texas Governor|Caroline Linton|September 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST He was not going to quarrel with his only brother and presumptive heir because he chose to marry a woman who was not to his taste. Smith and the Pharaohs, and Other Tales|Henry Rider Haggard Nevertheless, there is presumptive evidence to support the charge. The Ornithology of Shakespeare|James Edmund Harting On the other hand, the fact that even one informant remembered the name is presumptive evidence for existence of some sort. The Aboriginal Population of the North Coast of California|Sherburne Friend Cook This remarkable coincidence, equally with the other, is presumptive evidence of his guilt. Assassination of Lincoln: a History of the Great Conspiracy|Thomas Mealey Harris Sometimes he is styled the Master of Maxwell, as presumptive heir of the title. The Works of John Knox, Volume 2 (of 6)|John Knox
British Dictionary definitions for presumptive
adjectivebased on presumption or probability affording reasonable ground for belief of or relating to embryonic tissues that become differentiated into a particular tissue or organpresumptive epidermis Derived forms of presumptivepresumptively, adverbpresumptiveness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to presumptiveprobable, circumstantial, possible |