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[ uh-soomd ] / əˈsumd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR assumed ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveadopted in order to deceive; fictitious; pretended; feigned: an assumed name; an assumed air of humility. taken for granted; supposed: His assumed innocence proved untrue. usurped. Origin of assumedFirst recorded in 1615–25; assume + -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM assumedas·sum·ed·ly [uh-soo-mid-lee], /əˈsu mɪd li/, adverbnon·as·sumed, adjectiveself-as·sumed, adjectiveun·as·sumed, adjective well-as·sumed, adjective Words nearby assumedAssuan, assuasive, as such, assumable, assume, assumed, assumed bond, assuming, assumpsit, assumption, Assumptionist Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for assumedForget everything you assumed about the lives of classic musicians. ‘Mozart in the Jungle’: Inside Amazon’s Brave New World of Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music|Kevin Fallon|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST After the last magnet was retrieved, she assumed slave posture and waited for Couple to unclasp the clamps. Dungeons and Genital Clamps: Inside a Legendary BDSM Chateau|Ian Frisch|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST After tightening her collar, Stella assumed slave posture: on her knees, legs slightly spread, palm resting face-up on her thighs. Dungeons and Genital Clamps: Inside a Legendary BDSM Chateau|Ian Frisch|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST The ghost writer in question is assumed to be one Siobhan Curham—an established author of both YA and adult fiction. Meet Zoella—The Newbie Author Whose Book Sales Topped J.K. Rowling|Lucy Scholes|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Leo and Jorge might reasonably have assumed that the matter had been put to bed. Is Soccer Great Lionel Messi Corrupt?|Jack Holmes|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST The magician became silent, the incense was condensed and assumed a reddish tint which gradually became more and more diffused. The Magic of the Middle Ages|Viktor Rydberg Twice did Mr. Davis attempt to speak before he felt he had assumed control of his voice. The Brand|Therese Broderick I assumed in my speech that it was to be returned out, and that the constitution was to come here with that article rejected. The Life of Lyman Trumbull|Horace White During the next ten years he assumed the general direction of the war in Flanders and in Spain. History of the English People, Volume VII (of 8)|John Richard Green The Soma is protected by fire, which the bird quenches after "drinking in many rivers" with the numerous mouths it has assumed. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria|Donald A. Mackenzie
British Dictionary definitions for assumed
adjectivefalse; fictitiousan assumed name taken for grantedan assumed result usurped; arrogatedan assumed authority Collins 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 assumedgranted, accepted, presumed, affected, simulated, pretended, feigned, fake, counterfeit, sham, given, inferred, understood, supposed, surmised, hypothesized, postulated, connoted, presupposed, conjectured |