Definition of assume in English:

assume

verb əˈsjuːməˈsum

[with object]

1Suppose to be the case, without proof.
topics which assume detailed knowledge of local events
with clause it is reasonable to assume that such changes have significant social effects
with object and infinitive they were assumed to be foreign
Example sentencesExamples
- I suppose I just assumed you were naturally plump.
- It is often assumed that the reason why the university put a stop to its plans to build a research centre in 2004 is because of the threats by animal rights activists.
- Suppose we assume some particular scale for the space shown in that one picture.
- To require total changeover may be beyond the means available and assumes knowledge of the solution.
- We were supposed to assume these two were representative of all young single mothers without support; the voice of Buggy Street.
- So I guess I just assumed it was acceptable behavior.
- The end notes are impressively detailed but the text assumes a readership with some prior knowledge of aeronautics.
- The author assumes no prior knowledge on the part of the reader.
- And few people understand what it's like to be at the eye of a hurricane when everybody is accusing you and everybody is calling you names and everybody is assuming your guilt.
- At least, I assume it was supposed to be amusing, because I glanced once at it, and burned the foul thing as soon as decency allowed.
- The one problem I have with the skeptical argument is that it often assumes proof is an easy thing to come by.
- Obviously the police haven't confirmed yet whether the guy was involved in yesterday's bombings, but I suppose one can reasonably assume that he was.
- Many good books on proof assume experience from high school or beyond.
- Far be it from him to assume that marriage was supposed to be fun.
- But taking that route causes problems later on, because the intermediate course fails to cover much basic algebra and geometry, of which the A-level course assumes knowledge.
- A modern scientist, according to Grenz, assumes that knowledge is always good, and this assumption of goodness leads to an optimistic outlook.
- After all, it refers to a standard of proof that assumes innocence until guilt is proven.
- I assume it's supposed to prove some point, although I don't exactly know what.
- For some reason they assumed this would be won by the Conservatives.
- For some reason, she assumed the elevator was above them.
Synonyms
presume, suppose, take it, take for granted, take as read, take it as given, presuppose, conjecture, surmise, conclude, come to the conclusion, deduce, infer, draw the inference, reckon, reason, guess, imagine, think, fancy, suspect, expect, accept, believe, be of the opinion, understand, be given to understand, gather, glean
North American figure
formal opine
archaic ween
2Take or begin to have (power or responsibility)
he assumed full responsibility for all organizational work
Example sentencesExamples
- People who allow others to determine who they are and what they are to do generally do not assume full responsibility for their behavior.
- The author assumes full responsibility for what he writes.
- In their new role, grandmothers became intimately involved with their grandchildren by assuming primary responsibility for their care.
- It eloquently sums up the entire philosophy behind choosing to assume the duty and responsibility of carrying a weapon.
- Are you prepared to assume full responsibility for the outcome of your business?
- They may take the first steps in assuming full responsibility for their lives by realizing that they have the power to prevent such situations from recurring.
- The party also proposed that the state assume responsibility for full employment based on a minimum wage related to the cost of living.
- Soviet foreign debt had ballooned to $56.5 billion, and creditors were demanding that the successor states assume full responsibility.
- Despite all this help, the work remains my own, and I assume full responsibility for any shortcomings or errors.
- In Australia, if a device is used in a manner other than designated by the manufacturer, the user assumes full responsibility and liability.
- It should assume full responsibility and accept creditors' demands for additional collateral.
- Marriage exists because people must take responsibility for childcare and assume economic obligations.
- The state assumes full responsibility for all development projects and the well-being of its citizens and is reluctant to admit need for external assistance.
- These are just some examples of the undoubted benefits we have seen since the council assumed control of parking enforcement.
- The overall goal of these institutions is to prepare each generation to assume the obligations and responsibilities of a productive citizen.
- All of this could enable the interim government to assume real power and control in coming months and set the stage for an elected government to take over in January.
- We assume full responsibility for the content of this article.
- The authors assume full responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the ideas represented in this study.
- He'll outline plans for a transitional authority, due to assume control on the 30th of June.
- Her real ordeals begin when her husband starts to assume responsibility for his recovery.
Synonyms
accept, shoulder, bear, undertake, take on, take up, take on oneself, manage, handle, deal with, get to grips with, turn one's hand to
1. 2.1 Seize (power or control)
  the rebels assumed control of the capital
  Example sentencesExamples
  By mid February he had assumed control of the city in a remarkable bloodless coup.
  The game had swung back in their favour and they looked like assuming control.
  Overnight he assumed control of the domestic agenda in a manner that surprised the prime minister, shocked his cabinet colleagues and astounded Whitehall's officials.
  He fled to the USA as the general assumed control of the country and re-imposed the savagery that characterised the dictatorships of the past.
  Here too, militiamen have assumed effective control of the municipality.
  Telephones used by foreign residents have been cut off and the secret police have assumed control of the country's mobile phone service.
  In return, Britain promised to support Thailand against any attempts by a third power to assume control in the Malay Peninsula.
  Tribes assumed control of the city's institutions and protected government buildings.
  A state of emergency is declared and the army threatens to assume control if order is not restored.
  Residents of the United States have assumed control of the continental term ‘America.’
  The hijackers assumed the controls of the Boeing 757, cruising in the airspace near the capital.
  Synonyms
  seize, take, take possession of, take over, take away, appropriate, commandeer, expropriate, confiscate, requisition, hijack, wrest, usurp, pre-empt, arrogate to oneself, help oneself to, claim, lay claim to
3Begin to have (a specified quality, appearance, or extent)
militant activity had assumed epidemic proportions
Example sentencesExamples
- Driven by a penetrating east wind, it drifted until every hollow and depression was filled and the landscape assumed the appearance of a vast white prairie.
- Her curvaceousness; the symmetry of her face; the sensuousness of her eyes; each assumed a threatening quality.
- Objects appeared to gain in relief; they assumed unusual dimensions; and colours became more glowing.
- It is also known that the grass was cut twice weekly to encourage it to assume a dwarf quality.
- Unfounded facts and interpretations assumed a self-perpetuating quality and, over time, gained historical credibility.
- Settlers mined it for building stone, and the fort soon assumed the appearance of an ancient ruin.
- Suddenly the Ireland of the ‘great craic’ so beloved of visiting stag parties began to assume different proportions.
- At first there is a case here and there, then suddenly this infectious intestinal disease assumes epidemic proportions.
- This is especially true in an age of reality television, which allow the news reports coming from Iraq to assume a surreal quality.
- It began to assume outsize dimensions, rising like the pyramid of Giza over the bar.
- Each leaf assumes its appearance and operations through a finely balanced process of cell division and specialization.
- To my mind this was the defining moment in the great India-Pakistan cricketing divide when contests assumed proportions and dimensions other than mere sport.
- It is that last hazard that has assumed epidemic proportions recently.
- By 2015, heart-related ailments will assume epidemic proportions, world over.
- Whisk this sharply over a very slow fire, until it assumes the appearance of a light frothy custard.
- Chance remarks of the Allied leaders sometimes tended to assume the quality of self-fulfilling prophecies.
- However, the underlying fact remains that the area is in the grip of a severe water contamination problem which is threatening to assume epidemic proportions in the coming days.
- From the perspective of the West Wing, the war on terror assumes a heroic quality, and the president heroic status.
- Experimental plots had assumed an appearance identical to that of the surrounding sediment within one week of their creation.
- The fact that it is rarely transmitted from one human being to another means that it has never assumed epidemic proportions in human society, though it may do so in cattle and other animals.
Synonyms
acquire, take on, adopt, come to have
1. 3.1 Take on or adopt (a manner or identity), sometimes falsely.
  Oliver assumed an expression of penitence
  she puts on a disguise, assumes a different persona, and cruises the squalid bars on the bad side of town
  Example sentencesExamples
  In 1994 she took the first step towards her sex change by assuming the name Sandra and living as a woman.
  Sarah walked over to the antique dresser and mirror set and assumed a gloomy appearance. ‘After all, my grandmother just died,’ she thought.
  Both, for obscure hedonistic purposes, assume the false name Ernest only to find that their respective paramours, Cecily and Gwendolen, will spurn any man who does not go by that name.
  The cleric's attempt to assume a new guise as the cuddly and tolerant uncle of the young generation might seem to be stretching credibility but his image makeover has been at least partly successful.
  The claimant long wished to dress as, and assume the appearance of, a woman.
  The husband assumes the name of Ray Carter and makes Hester swear that she will conceal his identity.
  Meanwhile Roberts, no longer protected by his own name, assumes Haskell's identity long enough to ditch the car and find Sue.
  Indeed, even the most wretched of mortals would not dare to falsely assume the identity of the Father of Life!
  Skerry stiffens, assuming her mask of indifference.
  This is why, even today, many Korean-Japanese hide their Korean identity and assume Japanese names.
  These bods were so concerned about their safety they were using assumed names - due to the numerous death threats their contentious web site had provoked.
  Montresor assumed an air of indifference again.
  She had by this time assumed the name of Carol Jones and was living in Soho with her widowed mother.
  Fleeing to London in 1773, he assumed the name Barrington and made his living as a gentleman pickpocket and thief.
  On November 11, 1968, it was abolished and replaced by a republic, and the country assumed its present name.
  She figured that it would be best to assume a fake name, in case someone was truly searching for them still.
  I won't be a Staines much longer as I am likely going to assume the name of my stepfather (which is ‘Wangstaff’).
  Well, here he is anyway, starring in a tale about a frumpy kid who is given an amazing device that allows him to assume the appearance of anyone he wants to.
  Anyone can assume the appearance of hopes and values.
  The opportunity for men - and surprisingly, for women - to assume a new name, and lose track of their old lives, was relatively great.
  But in social security the biggest scam is people pretending to have a disability that they do not have, rather than assuming another name.
  Synonyms
  feign, fake, put on, simulate, counterfeit, sham, affect, adopt, impersonate
  false, fictitious, invented, made-up, concocted, feigned, pretended, faked, fake, bogus, sham, spurious, counterfeit, pseudo, make-believe, improvised, affected, adopted
  informal pretend, phoney, pseud
  British informal, dated cod
  rare pseudonymous

Derivatives

assumable

adjective

In this case, the assumable facts are the behavior of the failing component.
Example sentencesExamples
- It is assumable that the Jewish residents did the same.

assumedly

adverb əˈsjuːmɪdli

The brothers resemble each other strikingly, both with weathered yet handsome, angular features, assumedly a product of their Danish ancestry and years of sun, sea salt, and smoking.
Example sentencesExamples
- Angry and frustrated by his father's unwillingness to share the assumedly banal truth about his life, the son sets off to find the real story and discovers that his father's tales were not as fanciful as he had thought.
- There is more cinematic product coming out of Hollywood nowadays than there are spaces in theatres (and, assumedly, the public's imagination).

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin assumere, from ad- 'towards' + sumere 'take'.

The word comes from Latin assumere formed from ad ‘towards’ and sumere ‘take, take up’. Sumere also gives us, from the same period consume ‘take up together’; presume ‘take before’ hence ‘take for granted’; and resume ‘take back’.

Rhymes

abloom, backroom, bloom, Blum, boom, broom, brume, combe, consume, doom, entomb, exhume, flume, foredoom, fume, gloom, Hume, illume, inhume, Khartoum, khoum, loom, neume, perfume, plume, presume, resume, rheum, room, spume, subsume, tomb, vroom, whom, womb, zoom

Definition of assume in US English:

assume

verbəˈsuməˈso͞om

[with object]

1Suppose to be the case, without proof.
with clause it is reasonable to assume that such changes have significant social effects
with object and infinitive they were assumed to be foreign
you're afraid of what people are going to assume about me
Example sentencesExamples
- For some reason, she assumed the elevator was above them.
- I assume it's supposed to prove some point, although I don't exactly know what.
- For some reason they assumed this would be won by the Conservatives.
- But taking that route causes problems later on, because the intermediate course fails to cover much basic algebra and geometry, of which the A-level course assumes knowledge.
- Many good books on proof assume experience from high school or beyond.
- The end notes are impressively detailed but the text assumes a readership with some prior knowledge of aeronautics.
- Suppose we assume some particular scale for the space shown in that one picture.
- So I guess I just assumed it was acceptable behavior.
- After all, it refers to a standard of proof that assumes innocence until guilt is proven.
- I suppose I just assumed you were naturally plump.
- It is often assumed that the reason why the university put a stop to its plans to build a research centre in 2004 is because of the threats by animal rights activists.
- The one problem I have with the skeptical argument is that it often assumes proof is an easy thing to come by.
- The author assumes no prior knowledge on the part of the reader.
- A modern scientist, according to Grenz, assumes that knowledge is always good, and this assumption of goodness leads to an optimistic outlook.
- Far be it from him to assume that marriage was supposed to be fun.
- Obviously the police haven't confirmed yet whether the guy was involved in yesterday's bombings, but I suppose one can reasonably assume that he was.
- We were supposed to assume these two were representative of all young single mothers without support; the voice of Buggy Street.
- And few people understand what it's like to be at the eye of a hurricane when everybody is accusing you and everybody is calling you names and everybody is assuming your guilt.
- At least, I assume it was supposed to be amusing, because I glanced once at it, and burned the foul thing as soon as decency allowed.
- To require total changeover may be beyond the means available and assumes knowledge of the solution.
Synonyms
presume, suppose, take it, take for granted, take as read, take it as given, presuppose, conjecture, surmise, conclude, come to the conclusion, deduce, infer, draw the inference, reckon, reason, guess, imagine, think, fancy, suspect, expect, accept, believe, be of the opinion, understand, be given to understand, gather, glean
2Take or begin to have (power or responsibility)
he assumed full responsibility for all organizational work
Example sentencesExamples
- The authors assume full responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the ideas represented in this study.
- People who allow others to determine who they are and what they are to do generally do not assume full responsibility for their behavior.
- Despite all this help, the work remains my own, and I assume full responsibility for any shortcomings or errors.
- It eloquently sums up the entire philosophy behind choosing to assume the duty and responsibility of carrying a weapon.
- All of this could enable the interim government to assume real power and control in coming months and set the stage for an elected government to take over in January.
- The state assumes full responsibility for all development projects and the well-being of its citizens and is reluctant to admit need for external assistance.
- The overall goal of these institutions is to prepare each generation to assume the obligations and responsibilities of a productive citizen.
- Are you prepared to assume full responsibility for the outcome of your business?
- These are just some examples of the undoubted benefits we have seen since the council assumed control of parking enforcement.
- Her real ordeals begin when her husband starts to assume responsibility for his recovery.
- They may take the first steps in assuming full responsibility for their lives by realizing that they have the power to prevent such situations from recurring.
- In their new role, grandmothers became intimately involved with their grandchildren by assuming primary responsibility for their care.
- He'll outline plans for a transitional authority, due to assume control on the 30th of June.
- Marriage exists because people must take responsibility for childcare and assume economic obligations.
- In Australia, if a device is used in a manner other than designated by the manufacturer, the user assumes full responsibility and liability.
- The author assumes full responsibility for what he writes.
- It should assume full responsibility and accept creditors' demands for additional collateral.
- We assume full responsibility for the content of this article.
- Soviet foreign debt had ballooned to $56.5 billion, and creditors were demanding that the successor states assume full responsibility.
- The party also proposed that the state assume responsibility for full employment based on a minimum wage related to the cost of living.
Synonyms
accept, shoulder, bear, undertake, take on, take up, take on oneself, manage, handle, deal with, get to grips with, turn one's hand to
1. 2.1 Seize (power or control)
  the rebels assumed control of the capital
  Example sentencesExamples
  Telephones used by foreign residents have been cut off and the secret police have assumed control of the country's mobile phone service.
  By mid February he had assumed control of the city in a remarkable bloodless coup.
  Overnight he assumed control of the domestic agenda in a manner that surprised the prime minister, shocked his cabinet colleagues and astounded Whitehall's officials.
  Here too, militiamen have assumed effective control of the municipality.
  A state of emergency is declared and the army threatens to assume control if order is not restored.
  In return, Britain promised to support Thailand against any attempts by a third power to assume control in the Malay Peninsula.
  The hijackers assumed the controls of the Boeing 757, cruising in the airspace near the capital.
  The game had swung back in their favour and they looked like assuming control.
  He fled to the USA as the general assumed control of the country and re-imposed the savagery that characterised the dictatorships of the past.
  Tribes assumed control of the city's institutions and protected government buildings.
  Residents of the United States have assumed control of the continental term ‘America.’
  Synonyms
  seize, take, take possession of, take over, take away, appropriate, commandeer, expropriate, confiscate, requisition, hijack, wrest, usurp, pre-empt, arrogate to oneself, help oneself to, claim, lay claim to
3Take on (a specified quality, appearance, or extent)
militant activity had assumed epidemic proportions
Example sentencesExamples
- Each leaf assumes its appearance and operations through a finely balanced process of cell division and specialization.
- Driven by a penetrating east wind, it drifted until every hollow and depression was filled and the landscape assumed the appearance of a vast white prairie.
- This is especially true in an age of reality television, which allow the news reports coming from Iraq to assume a surreal quality.
- At first there is a case here and there, then suddenly this infectious intestinal disease assumes epidemic proportions.
- The fact that it is rarely transmitted from one human being to another means that it has never assumed epidemic proportions in human society, though it may do so in cattle and other animals.
- By 2015, heart-related ailments will assume epidemic proportions, world over.
- Experimental plots had assumed an appearance identical to that of the surrounding sediment within one week of their creation.
- Unfounded facts and interpretations assumed a self-perpetuating quality and, over time, gained historical credibility.
- Whisk this sharply over a very slow fire, until it assumes the appearance of a light frothy custard.
- Chance remarks of the Allied leaders sometimes tended to assume the quality of self-fulfilling prophecies.
- Settlers mined it for building stone, and the fort soon assumed the appearance of an ancient ruin.
- However, the underlying fact remains that the area is in the grip of a severe water contamination problem which is threatening to assume epidemic proportions in the coming days.
- It is that last hazard that has assumed epidemic proportions recently.
- Suddenly the Ireland of the ‘great craic’ so beloved of visiting stag parties began to assume different proportions.
- Her curvaceousness; the symmetry of her face; the sensuousness of her eyes; each assumed a threatening quality.
- It is also known that the grass was cut twice weekly to encourage it to assume a dwarf quality.
- To my mind this was the defining moment in the great India-Pakistan cricketing divide when contests assumed proportions and dimensions other than mere sport.
- It began to assume outsize dimensions, rising like the pyramid of Giza over the bar.
- From the perspective of the West Wing, the war on terror assumes a heroic quality, and the president heroic status.
- Objects appeared to gain in relief; they assumed unusual dimensions; and colours became more glowing.
Synonyms
acquire, take on, adopt, come to have
1. 3.1 Take on or adopt (a manner or identity), sometimes falsely.
  Oliver assumed an expression of penitence
  she puts on a disguise, assumes a different persona, and cruises the squalid bars on the bad side of town
  Example sentencesExamples
  Anyone can assume the appearance of hopes and values.
  Sarah walked over to the antique dresser and mirror set and assumed a gloomy appearance. ‘After all, my grandmother just died,’ she thought.
  But in social security the biggest scam is people pretending to have a disability that they do not have, rather than assuming another name.
  The husband assumes the name of Ray Carter and makes Hester swear that she will conceal his identity.
  Fleeing to London in 1773, he assumed the name Barrington and made his living as a gentleman pickpocket and thief.
  Indeed, even the most wretched of mortals would not dare to falsely assume the identity of the Father of Life!
  Both, for obscure hedonistic purposes, assume the false name Ernest only to find that their respective paramours, Cecily and Gwendolen, will spurn any man who does not go by that name.
  She figured that it would be best to assume a fake name, in case someone was truly searching for them still.
  I won't be a Staines much longer as I am likely going to assume the name of my stepfather (which is ‘Wangstaff’).
  Skerry stiffens, assuming her mask of indifference.
  On November 11, 1968, it was abolished and replaced by a republic, and the country assumed its present name.
  The claimant long wished to dress as, and assume the appearance of, a woman.
  Meanwhile Roberts, no longer protected by his own name, assumes Haskell's identity long enough to ditch the car and find Sue.
  She had by this time assumed the name of Carol Jones and was living in Soho with her widowed mother.
  These bods were so concerned about their safety they were using assumed names - due to the numerous death threats their contentious web site had provoked.
  This is why, even today, many Korean-Japanese hide their Korean identity and assume Japanese names.
  In 1994 she took the first step towards her sex change by assuming the name Sandra and living as a woman.
  The opportunity for men - and surprisingly, for women - to assume a new name, and lose track of their old lives, was relatively great.
  The cleric's attempt to assume a new guise as the cuddly and tolerant uncle of the young generation might seem to be stretching credibility but his image makeover has been at least partly successful.
  Well, here he is anyway, starring in a tale about a frumpy kid who is given an amazing device that allows him to assume the appearance of anyone he wants to.
  Montresor assumed an air of indifference again.
  Synonyms
  feign, fake, put on, simulate, counterfeit, sham, affect, adopt, impersonate
  false, fictitious, invented, made-up, concocted, feigned, pretended, faked, fake, bogus, sham, spurious, counterfeit, pseudo, make-believe, improvised, affected, adopted

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin assumere, from ad- ‘towards’ + sumere ‘take’.

单词	assume
释义	Definition of assume in English: assume verb əˈsjuːməˈsum [with object] 1Suppose to be the case, without proof. topics which assume detailed knowledge of local events with clause it is reasonable to assume that such changes have significant social effects with object and infinitive they were assumed to be foreign Example sentencesExamples I suppose I just assumed you were naturally plump. It is often assumed that the reason why the university put a stop to its plans to build a research centre in 2004 is because of the threats by animal rights activists. Suppose we assume some particular scale for the space shown in that one picture. To require total changeover may be beyond the means available and assumes knowledge of the solution. We were supposed to assume these two were representative of all young single mothers without support; the voice of Buggy Street. So I guess I just assumed it was acceptable behavior. The end notes are impressively detailed but the text assumes a readership with some prior knowledge of aeronautics. The author assumes no prior knowledge on the part of the reader. And few people understand what it's like to be at the eye of a hurricane when everybody is accusing you and everybody is calling you names and everybody is assuming your guilt. At least, I assume it was supposed to be amusing, because I glanced once at it, and burned the foul thing as soon as decency allowed. The one problem I have with the skeptical argument is that it often assumes proof is an easy thing to come by. Obviously the police haven't confirmed yet whether the guy was involved in yesterday's bombings, but I suppose one can reasonably assume that he was. Many good books on proof assume experience from high school or beyond. Far be it from him to assume that marriage was supposed to be fun. But taking that route causes problems later on, because the intermediate course fails to cover much basic algebra and geometry, of which the A-level course assumes knowledge. A modern scientist, according to Grenz, assumes that knowledge is always good, and this assumption of goodness leads to an optimistic outlook. After all, it refers to a standard of proof that assumes innocence until guilt is proven. I assume it's supposed to prove some point, although I don't exactly know what. For some reason they assumed this would be won by the Conservatives. For some reason, she assumed the elevator was above them. Synonyms presume, suppose, take it, take for granted, take as read, take it as given, presuppose, conjecture, surmise, conclude, come to the conclusion, deduce, infer, draw the inference, reckon, reason, guess, imagine, think, fancy, suspect, expect, accept, believe, be of the opinion, understand, be given to understand, gather, glean North American figure formal opine archaic ween 2Take or begin to have (power or responsibility) he assumed full responsibility for all organizational work Example sentencesExamples People who allow others to determine who they are and what they are to do generally do not assume full responsibility for their behavior. The author assumes full responsibility for what he writes. In their new role, grandmothers became intimately involved with their grandchildren by assuming primary responsibility for their care. It eloquently sums up the entire philosophy behind choosing to assume the duty and responsibility of carrying a weapon. Are you prepared to assume full responsibility for the outcome of your business? They may take the first steps in assuming full responsibility for their lives by realizing that they have the power to prevent such situations from recurring. The party also proposed that the state assume responsibility for full employment based on a minimum wage related to the cost of living. Soviet foreign debt had ballooned to $56.5 billion, and creditors were demanding that the successor states assume full responsibility. Despite all this help, the work remains my own, and I assume full responsibility for any shortcomings or errors. In Australia, if a device is used in a manner other than designated by the manufacturer, the user assumes full responsibility and liability. It should assume full responsibility and accept creditors' demands for additional collateral. Marriage exists because people must take responsibility for childcare and assume economic obligations. The state assumes full responsibility for all development projects and the well-being of its citizens and is reluctant to admit need for external assistance. These are just some examples of the undoubted benefits we have seen since the council assumed control of parking enforcement. The overall goal of these institutions is to prepare each generation to assume the obligations and responsibilities of a productive citizen. All of this could enable the interim government to assume real power and control in coming months and set the stage for an elected government to take over in January. We assume full responsibility for the content of this article. The authors assume full responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the ideas represented in this study. He'll outline plans for a transitional authority, due to assume control on the 30th of June. Her real ordeals begin when her husband starts to assume responsibility for his recovery. Synonyms accept, shoulder, bear, undertake, take on, take up, take on oneself, manage, handle, deal with, get to grips with, turn one's hand to 2.1 Seize (power or control) the rebels assumed control of the capital Example sentencesExamples By mid February he had assumed control of the city in a remarkable bloodless coup. The game had swung back in their favour and they looked like assuming control. Overnight he assumed control of the domestic agenda in a manner that surprised the prime minister, shocked his cabinet colleagues and astounded Whitehall's officials. He fled to the USA as the general assumed control of the country and re-imposed the savagery that characterised the dictatorships of the past. Here too, militiamen have assumed effective control of the municipality. Telephones used by foreign residents have been cut off and the secret police have assumed control of the country's mobile phone service. In return, Britain promised to support Thailand against any attempts by a third power to assume control in the Malay Peninsula. Tribes assumed control of the city's institutions and protected government buildings. A state of emergency is declared and the army threatens to assume control if order is not restored. Residents of the United States have assumed control of the continental term ‘America.’ The hijackers assumed the controls of the Boeing 757, cruising in the airspace near the capital. Synonyms seize, take, take possession of, take over, take away, appropriate, commandeer, expropriate, confiscate, requisition, hijack, wrest, usurp, pre-empt, arrogate to oneself, help oneself to, claim, lay claim to 3Begin to have (a specified quality, appearance, or extent) militant activity had assumed epidemic proportions Example sentencesExamples Driven by a penetrating east wind, it drifted until every hollow and depression was filled and the landscape assumed the appearance of a vast white prairie. Her curvaceousness; the symmetry of her face; the sensuousness of her eyes; each assumed a threatening quality. Objects appeared to gain in relief; they assumed unusual dimensions; and colours became more glowing. It is also known that the grass was cut twice weekly to encourage it to assume a dwarf quality. Unfounded facts and interpretations assumed a self-perpetuating quality and, over time, gained historical credibility. Settlers mined it for building stone, and the fort soon assumed the appearance of an ancient ruin. Suddenly the Ireland of the ‘great craic’ so beloved of visiting stag parties began to assume different proportions. At first there is a case here and there, then suddenly this infectious intestinal disease assumes epidemic proportions. This is especially true in an age of reality television, which allow the news reports coming from Iraq to assume a surreal quality. It began to assume outsize dimensions, rising like the pyramid of Giza over the bar. Each leaf assumes its appearance and operations through a finely balanced process of cell division and specialization. To my mind this was the defining moment in the great India-Pakistan cricketing divide when contests assumed proportions and dimensions other than mere sport. It is that last hazard that has assumed epidemic proportions recently. By 2015, heart-related ailments will assume epidemic proportions, world over. Whisk this sharply over a very slow fire, until it assumes the appearance of a light frothy custard. Chance remarks of the Allied leaders sometimes tended to assume the quality of self-fulfilling prophecies. However, the underlying fact remains that the area is in the grip of a severe water contamination problem which is threatening to assume epidemic proportions in the coming days. From the perspective of the West Wing, the war on terror assumes a heroic quality, and the president heroic status. Experimental plots had assumed an appearance identical to that of the surrounding sediment within one week of their creation. The fact that it is rarely transmitted from one human being to another means that it has never assumed epidemic proportions in human society, though it may do so in cattle and other animals. Synonyms acquire, take on, adopt, come to have 3.1 Take on or adopt (a manner or identity), sometimes falsely. Oliver assumed an expression of penitence she puts on a disguise, assumes a different persona, and cruises the squalid bars on the bad side of town Example sentencesExamples In 1994 she took the first step towards her sex change by assuming the name Sandra and living as a woman. Sarah walked over to the antique dresser and mirror set and assumed a gloomy appearance. ‘After all, my grandmother just died,’ she thought. Both, for obscure hedonistic purposes, assume the false name Ernest only to find that their respective paramours, Cecily and Gwendolen, will spurn any man who does not go by that name. The cleric's attempt to assume a new guise as the cuddly and tolerant uncle of the young generation might seem to be stretching credibility but his image makeover has been at least partly successful. The claimant long wished to dress as, and assume the appearance of, a woman. The husband assumes the name of Ray Carter and makes Hester swear that she will conceal his identity. Meanwhile Roberts, no longer protected by his own name, assumes Haskell's identity long enough to ditch the car and find Sue. Indeed, even the most wretched of mortals would not dare to falsely assume the identity of the Father of Life! Skerry stiffens, assuming her mask of indifference. This is why, even today, many Korean-Japanese hide their Korean identity and assume Japanese names. These bods were so concerned about their safety they were using assumed names - due to the numerous death threats their contentious web site had provoked. Montresor assumed an air of indifference again. She had by this time assumed the name of Carol Jones and was living in Soho with her widowed mother. Fleeing to London in 1773, he assumed the name Barrington and made his living as a gentleman pickpocket and thief. On November 11, 1968, it was abolished and replaced by a republic, and the country assumed its present name. She figured that it would be best to assume a fake name, in case someone was truly searching for them still. I won't be a Staines much longer as I am likely going to assume the name of my stepfather (which is ‘Wangstaff’). Well, here he is anyway, starring in a tale about a frumpy kid who is given an amazing device that allows him to assume the appearance of anyone he wants to. Anyone can assume the appearance of hopes and values. The opportunity for men - and surprisingly, for women - to assume a new name, and lose track of their old lives, was relatively great. But in social security the biggest scam is people pretending to have a disability that they do not have, rather than assuming another name. Synonyms feign, fake, put on, simulate, counterfeit, sham, affect, adopt, impersonate false, fictitious, invented, made-up, concocted, feigned, pretended, faked, fake, bogus, sham, spurious, counterfeit, pseudo, make-believe, improvised, affected, adopted informal pretend, phoney, pseud British informal, dated cod rare pseudonymous Derivatives assumable adjective In this case, the assumable facts are the behavior of the failing component. Example sentencesExamples It is assumable that the Jewish residents did the same. assumedly adverb əˈsjuːmɪdli The brothers resemble each other strikingly, both with weathered yet handsome, angular features, assumedly a product of their Danish ancestry and years of sun, sea salt, and smoking. Example sentencesExamples Angry and frustrated by his father's unwillingness to share the assumedly banal truth about his life, the son sets off to find the real story and discovers that his father's tales were not as fanciful as he had thought. There is more cinematic product coming out of Hollywood nowadays than there are spaces in theatres (and, assumedly, the public's imagination). Origin Late Middle English: from Latin assumere, from ad- 'towards' + sumere 'take'. The word comes from Latin assumere formed from ad ‘towards’ and sumere ‘take, take up’. Sumere also gives us, from the same period consume ‘take up together’; presume ‘take before’ hence ‘take for granted’; and resume ‘take back’. Rhymes abloom, backroom, bloom, Blum, boom, broom, brume, combe, consume, doom, entomb, exhume, flume, foredoom, fume, gloom, Hume, illume, inhume, Khartoum, khoum, loom, neume, perfume, plume, presume, resume, rheum, room, spume, subsume, tomb, vroom, whom, womb, zoom Definition of assume in US English: assume verbəˈsuməˈso͞om [with object] 1Suppose to be the case, without proof. with clause it is reasonable to assume that such changes have significant social effects with object and infinitive they were assumed to be foreign you're afraid of what people are going to assume about me Example sentencesExamples For some reason, she assumed the elevator was above them. I assume it's supposed to prove some point, although I don't exactly know what. For some reason they assumed this would be won by the Conservatives. But taking that route causes problems later on, because the intermediate course fails to cover much basic algebra and geometry, of which the A-level course assumes knowledge. Many good books on proof assume experience from high school or beyond. The end notes are impressively detailed but the text assumes a readership with some prior knowledge of aeronautics. Suppose we assume some particular scale for the space shown in that one picture. So I guess I just assumed it was acceptable behavior. After all, it refers to a standard of proof that assumes innocence until guilt is proven. I suppose I just assumed you were naturally plump. It is often assumed that the reason why the university put a stop to its plans to build a research centre in 2004 is because of the threats by animal rights activists. The one problem I have with the skeptical argument is that it often assumes proof is an easy thing to come by. The author assumes no prior knowledge on the part of the reader. A modern scientist, according to Grenz, assumes that knowledge is always good, and this assumption of goodness leads to an optimistic outlook. Far be it from him to assume that marriage was supposed to be fun. Obviously the police haven't confirmed yet whether the guy was involved in yesterday's bombings, but I suppose one can reasonably assume that he was. We were supposed to assume these two were representative of all young single mothers without support; the voice of Buggy Street. And few people understand what it's like to be at the eye of a hurricane when everybody is accusing you and everybody is calling you names and everybody is assuming your guilt. At least, I assume it was supposed to be amusing, because I glanced once at it, and burned the foul thing as soon as decency allowed. To require total changeover may be beyond the means available and assumes knowledge of the solution. Synonyms presume, suppose, take it, take for granted, take as read, take it as given, presuppose, conjecture, surmise, conclude, come to the conclusion, deduce, infer, draw the inference, reckon, reason, guess, imagine, think, fancy, suspect, expect, accept, believe, be of the opinion, understand, be given to understand, gather, glean 2Take or begin to have (power or responsibility) he assumed full responsibility for all organizational work Example sentencesExamples The authors assume full responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the ideas represented in this study. People who allow others to determine who they are and what they are to do generally do not assume full responsibility for their behavior. Despite all this help, the work remains my own, and I assume full responsibility for any shortcomings or errors. It eloquently sums up the entire philosophy behind choosing to assume the duty and responsibility of carrying a weapon. All of this could enable the interim government to assume real power and control in coming months and set the stage for an elected government to take over in January. The state assumes full responsibility for all development projects and the well-being of its citizens and is reluctant to admit need for external assistance. The overall goal of these institutions is to prepare each generation to assume the obligations and responsibilities of a productive citizen. Are you prepared to assume full responsibility for the outcome of your business? These are just some examples of the undoubted benefits we have seen since the council assumed control of parking enforcement. Her real ordeals begin when her husband starts to assume responsibility for his recovery. They may take the first steps in assuming full responsibility for their lives by realizing that they have the power to prevent such situations from recurring. In their new role, grandmothers became intimately involved with their grandchildren by assuming primary responsibility for their care. He'll outline plans for a transitional authority, due to assume control on the 30th of June. Marriage exists because people must take responsibility for childcare and assume economic obligations. In Australia, if a device is used in a manner other than designated by the manufacturer, the user assumes full responsibility and liability. The author assumes full responsibility for what he writes. It should assume full responsibility and accept creditors' demands for additional collateral. We assume full responsibility for the content of this article. Soviet foreign debt had ballooned to $56.5 billion, and creditors were demanding that the successor states assume full responsibility. The party also proposed that the state assume responsibility for full employment based on a minimum wage related to the cost of living. Synonyms accept, shoulder, bear, undertake, take on, take up, take on oneself, manage, handle, deal with, get to grips with, turn one's hand to 2.1 Seize (power or control) the rebels assumed control of the capital Example sentencesExamples Telephones used by foreign residents have been cut off and the secret police have assumed control of the country's mobile phone service. By mid February he had assumed control of the city in a remarkable bloodless coup. Overnight he assumed control of the domestic agenda in a manner that surprised the prime minister, shocked his cabinet colleagues and astounded Whitehall's officials. Here too, militiamen have assumed effective control of the municipality. A state of emergency is declared and the army threatens to assume control if order is not restored. In return, Britain promised to support Thailand against any attempts by a third power to assume control in the Malay Peninsula. The hijackers assumed the controls of the Boeing 757, cruising in the airspace near the capital. The game had swung back in their favour and they looked like assuming control. He fled to the USA as the general assumed control of the country and re-imposed the savagery that characterised the dictatorships of the past. Tribes assumed control of the city's institutions and protected government buildings. Residents of the United States have assumed control of the continental term ‘America.’ Synonyms seize, take, take possession of, take over, take away, appropriate, commandeer, expropriate, confiscate, requisition, hijack, wrest, usurp, pre-empt, arrogate to oneself, help oneself to, claim, lay claim to 3Take on (a specified quality, appearance, or extent) militant activity had assumed epidemic proportions Example sentencesExamples Each leaf assumes its appearance and operations through a finely balanced process of cell division and specialization. Driven by a penetrating east wind, it drifted until every hollow and depression was filled and the landscape assumed the appearance of a vast white prairie. This is especially true in an age of reality television, which allow the news reports coming from Iraq to assume a surreal quality. At first there is a case here and there, then suddenly this infectious intestinal disease assumes epidemic proportions. The fact that it is rarely transmitted from one human being to another means that it has never assumed epidemic proportions in human society, though it may do so in cattle and other animals. By 2015, heart-related ailments will assume epidemic proportions, world over. Experimental plots had assumed an appearance identical to that of the surrounding sediment within one week of their creation. Unfounded facts and interpretations assumed a self-perpetuating quality and, over time, gained historical credibility. Whisk this sharply over a very slow fire, until it assumes the appearance of a light frothy custard. Chance remarks of the Allied leaders sometimes tended to assume the quality of self-fulfilling prophecies. Settlers mined it for building stone, and the fort soon assumed the appearance of an ancient ruin. However, the underlying fact remains that the area is in the grip of a severe water contamination problem which is threatening to assume epidemic proportions in the coming days. It is that last hazard that has assumed epidemic proportions recently. Suddenly the Ireland of the ‘great craic’ so beloved of visiting stag parties began to assume different proportions. Her curvaceousness; the symmetry of her face; the sensuousness of her eyes; each assumed a threatening quality. It is also known that the grass was cut twice weekly to encourage it to assume a dwarf quality. To my mind this was the defining moment in the great India-Pakistan cricketing divide when contests assumed proportions and dimensions other than mere sport. It began to assume outsize dimensions, rising like the pyramid of Giza over the bar. From the perspective of the West Wing, the war on terror assumes a heroic quality, and the president heroic status. Objects appeared to gain in relief; they assumed unusual dimensions; and colours became more glowing. Synonyms acquire, take on, adopt, come to have 3.1 Take on or adopt (a manner or identity), sometimes falsely. Oliver assumed an expression of penitence she puts on a disguise, assumes a different persona, and cruises the squalid bars on the bad side of town Example sentencesExamples Anyone can assume the appearance of hopes and values. Sarah walked over to the antique dresser and mirror set and assumed a gloomy appearance. ‘After all, my grandmother just died,’ she thought. But in social security the biggest scam is people pretending to have a disability that they do not have, rather than assuming another name. The husband assumes the name of Ray Carter and makes Hester swear that she will conceal his identity. Fleeing to London in 1773, he assumed the name Barrington and made his living as a gentleman pickpocket and thief. Indeed, even the most wretched of mortals would not dare to falsely assume the identity of the Father of Life! Both, for obscure hedonistic purposes, assume the false name Ernest only to find that their respective paramours, Cecily and Gwendolen, will spurn any man who does not go by that name. She figured that it would be best to assume a fake name, in case someone was truly searching for them still. I won't be a Staines much longer as I am likely going to assume the name of my stepfather (which is ‘Wangstaff’). Skerry stiffens, assuming her mask of indifference. On November 11, 1968, it was abolished and replaced by a republic, and the country assumed its present name. The claimant long wished to dress as, and assume the appearance of, a woman. Meanwhile Roberts, no longer protected by his own name, assumes Haskell's identity long enough to ditch the car and find Sue. She had by this time assumed the name of Carol Jones and was living in Soho with her widowed mother. These bods were so concerned about their safety they were using assumed names - due to the numerous death threats their contentious web site had provoked. This is why, even today, many Korean-Japanese hide their Korean identity and assume Japanese names. In 1994 she took the first step towards her sex change by assuming the name Sandra and living as a woman. The opportunity for men - and surprisingly, for women - to assume a new name, and lose track of their old lives, was relatively great. The cleric's attempt to assume a new guise as the cuddly and tolerant uncle of the young generation might seem to be stretching credibility but his image makeover has been at least partly successful. Well, here he is anyway, starring in a tale about a frumpy kid who is given an amazing device that allows him to assume the appearance of anyone he wants to. Montresor assumed an air of indifference again. Synonyms feign, fake, put on, simulate, counterfeit, sham, affect, adopt, impersonate false, fictitious, invented, made-up, concocted, feigned, pretended, faked, fake, bogus, sham, spurious, counterfeit, pseudo, make-believe, improvised, affected, adopted Origin Late Middle English: from Latin assumere, from ad- ‘towards’ + sumere ‘take’.
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