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assumed

[ uh-soomd ]

adjective

  1. adopted in order to deceive; fictitious; pretended; feigned:

    an assumed name; an assumed air of humility.

  2. taken for granted; supposed:

    His assumed innocence proved untrue.



assumed

/ əˈː /

adjective

  1. false; fictitious

    an assumed name

  2. taken for granted

    an assumed result

  3. usurped; arrogated

    an assumed authority

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ·ܳ·· [uh, -, soo, -mid-lee], adverb
  • ԴDza·ܳ adjective
  • -·ܳ adjective
  • ܲa·ܳ adjective
  • ɱ-·ܳ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of assumed1

First recorded in 1615–25; assume + -ed 2
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Example Sentences

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Jones has said he assumed Vader was lying and I wish he had been.

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"We should have regarded the previous lists as a little bit more provisional than I had assumed."

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She frequently took Specktor to the movies or watched films with him at home, but her alcoholism led to many nights in which Specktor assumed the role of caretaker.

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Many Catholics had assumed the new pontiff would be a younger man - but Cardinal Bergoglio of Argentina was already in his seventies when he became Pope in 2013.

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"We just assumed we were eligible and didn't think for a second we wouldn't be," he says.

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