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- Dictionaryassume/əˈsjuːm/
verb
- 1. suppose to be the case, without proof: "topics which assume detailed knowledge of local events" Similar
- 2. take or begin to have (power or responsibility): "he assumed full responsibility for all organizational work" Similar
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ASSUME definition: 1. to accept something to be true without question or proof: 2. to pretend to have a different…. Learn more.
1. a. : to take to or upon oneself : undertake. assume responsibility. b. : to place oneself in. assume a position. 2. : seize, usurp. assume control. 3. : to pretend to have or be : feign. assumed an air of confidence in spite of her nervousness. 4. : to take as granted or true : suppose. I assume he'll be there. 5.
to take on; be invested or endowed with: The situation assumed a threatening character. to pretend to have or be; feign: to assume a humble manner. to appropriate or arrogate; seize; usurp: to assume a right to oneself; to assume control. to take upon oneself (the debts or obligations of another).
to take or begin to have responsibility or control, sometimes without the right to do so, or to begin to have a characteristic: She is likely to assume the position of team captain next season. I didn't want to assume the risk of trying to fix the car myself. The new president assumes office at midnight tonight.
verb. seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession. “He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town”
to take or put on; adopt. the problem assumed gigantic proportions. 5. to appropriate or usurp ( power, control, etc); arrogate. the revolutionaries assumed control of the city. 6. Christianity. (of God) to take up (the soul of a believer) into heaven. Collins English Dictionary.
1. To take for granted; suppose: The study assumes that prices will rise. 2. a. To take upon oneself (a duty or obligation): assume responsibility; assume another's debts. b. To undertake the duties of (an office): assumed the presidency. 3. a.
verb. assumed, assumes, assuming. To take for granted; suppose. The study assumes that prices will rise. American Heritage. To take on or put on (a certain appearance, form, role, etc.) Webster's New World. To take upon oneself (a duty or obligation). Assume responsibility; assume another's debts. American Heritage. To put oneself into.
1. If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly. [...] 2. If someone assumes power or responsibility, they take power or responsibility. [...] 3. If you assume a particular expression or way of behaving, you start to look or behave in this way. [...]
Definitions of 'assume'. 1. If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly. [...] 2. If someone assumes power or responsibility, they take power or responsibility. [...] 3. If something assumes a particular quality, it begins to have that quality.
