assume

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assume is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
assume


assume is part of the Academic Word List. It is important for students in college and university.

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Plain form
assume

Third-person singular
assumes

Past tense
assumed

Past participle
assumed

Present participle
assuming

  1. (transitive & intransitive) If you assume something, you guess or believe something without having enough information to know that it's true.
    Oh, hello. I assume you're the new student, are you?

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