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presumepresume /prɪˈzum/ ●●○ AWL verb [transitive] formal ETYMOLOGYpresumeOrigin: 1300-1400 French présumer, from Latin praesumere, from sumere to take VERB TABLEpresume |
| Present | I, you, we, they | presume | | he, she, it | presumes | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | presumed | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have presumed | | he, she, it | has presumed | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had presumed | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will presume | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have presumed |
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| Present | I | am presuming | | he, she, it | is presuming | | you, we, they | are presuming | | Past | I, he, she, it | was presuming | | you, we, they | were presuming | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been presuming | | he, she, it | has been presuming | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been presuming | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be presuming | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been presuming |
► be presumed (to be) innocent/dead/guilty She is missing and presumed dead. THESAURUSto think that something is true, although you have no proof of it► assumeto think that something is true, although you have no proof of it: I think we can safely assume that this is legal unless we are told otherwise (=it is almost certain). ► be under the impression (that) to wrongly believe that something is true: They were under the impression that he was an FBI agent. ► presume to think that something is true because it is likely, and you have no reason to doubt it, though you have no proof: The defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. ► take it for granted (that) to feel sure that something is true, without ever asking yourself whether you are right or not: I never asked if he was single – I just took it for granted that he was. opinion/belief► think to have an opinion or belief about something: Everyone thought Marilyn was very nice. ► believe believe means the same as think but sounds more formal: We believe that the risk is small. ► be under the impression (that) (also have the impression (that)) to think something is true because of the information you have. Used especially when it later becomes clear that it was not true: I was under the impression that Robert was in charge. ► feel to have a particular opinion, especially one that is based more on your feelings than on facts: She feels that she should leave her job to be with her parents. ► figure informal to think something is probably true or likely based especially on calculations: I figure he’s at least 19. ► guess informal to think something is probably true or likely based on what you know: I guess you already know what happened. ► suppose to think that something is probably true or likely based on what you know: I suppose she sold the house because she needed the money. ► assume to think that something is true, usually something that you later find out is not true: Why did you just assume that I would be busy? ► suspect to think that something bad is probably true, based on your feelings or a little information: She suspected that he was seeing another woman. ► presume formal to be fairly sure that something is true, especially because you have a good reason to think so: “Are his parents still alive?” “I presume so.” 1to think that something is likely to be true, although you are not certain SYN assume: You have your own car, I presume.presume (that) I presume you haven’t told anyone else about this.be presumed to do something The killers are presumed to have fled to Mexico.► see thesaurus at assume, think2law to accept something as true until it is proven to be untrue, especially in law: be presumed (to be) innocent/dead/guilty She is missing and presumed dead.3to behave without respect or politeness by doing something that you have no right to do: presume to do something I would never presume to tell you what you should do.4[usually in present tense] to depend on something that is expected to be true SYN presuppose: presume that The curriculum presumes that students already have a working knowledge of German. [Origin: 1300–1400 French présumer, from Latin praesumere, from sumere to take] |