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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pre•sump•tive (pri zump′tiv),USA pronunciation adj. - affording ground for presumption:presumptive evidence.
- Lawbased on presumption:a presumptive title.
- regarded as such by presumption;
based on inference. - Developmental Biology[Embryol.]pertaining to the part of an embryo that, in the course of normal development, will predictably become a particular structure or region.
- Late Latin praesūmptīvus. See presumption, -ive
- 1555–65
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: presumptive /prɪˈzʌmptɪv/ adj - based on presumption or probability
- affording reasonable ground for belief
preˈsumptively adv pre•sump•tion /prɪˈzʌmpʃən/USA pronunciation n. - the act of presuming:[uncountable]presumption of innocence.
- something that is presumed:[countable]a presumption that once we persuade him we'll have no trouble with the others.
- too much boldness; audacity:[uncountable]the presumption of that child!
pre•sump•tive /prɪˈzʌmptɪv/USA pronunciation adj. See -sum-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pre•sump•tion (pri zump′shən),USA pronunciation n. - the act of presuming.
- assumption of something as true.
- belief on reasonable grounds or probable evidence.
- something that is presumed;
an assumption. - a ground or reason for presuming or believing.
- Lawan inference required or permitted by law as to the existence of one fact from proof of the existence of other facts.
- an assumption, often not fully established, that is taken for granted in some piece of reasoning.
- unwarrantable, unbecoming, or impertinent boldness.
- Latin praesūmptiōn- (stem of praesūmptiō) anticipation, supposition, Late Latin: presumptuousness, equivalent. to praesūmpt(us) (past participle of praesūmere to undertake beforehand; see presume) + -iōn- -ion
- Middle English: effrontery, supposition 1175–1225
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged audacity, effrontery, arrogance, gall.
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