presume
[verb]
Synonyms:
- believe, assume, conjecture, guess (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), infer, postulate, suppose, surmise, take for granted, think
- dare, go so far, make so bold, take the liberty, venture

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

pre‧sume S3 AC /prɪˈzjuːm $ -ˈzuːm/ verb
[Word Family: verb: presume; noun: presumption; adverb: presumably]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: présumer, from Latin praesumere, from sumere 'to take']

1. [transitive] to think that something is true, although you are not certain Synonym : assume:
Each of you will make a speech, I presume?
‘Are his parents still alive?’ 'I presume so.’
presume that
I presume we’ll be there by six o'clock.
presume somebody/something to be somebody/something
From the way he talked, I presumed him to be your boss.
be presumed to do something
The temple is presumed to date from the first century BC.

2. [transitive] to accept something as true until it is shown to not be true, especially in law Synonym : assume:
We must presume innocence until we have evidence of guilt.
be presumed dead/innocent etc
Their nephew was missing, presumed dead.

3. [intransitive] formal to 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 to do.

4. [transitive usually in present tense] formal to accept something as being true and base something else on it Synonym : presuppose:
The Ancient History course presumes some knowledge of Greek.
presume that
I presume that someone will be there to meet us when we arrive.

5. presume on/upon sb’s friendship/generosity etc to unfairly ask someone for more than you should, because they are your friend, are generous etc:
It would be presuming on his generosity to ask him for money.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

presume
verb
ADV. rightly, wrongly I had presumed wrongly that Jenny would be there.
reasonably | automatically | conclusively (law)

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