Meaning of assume | Babel Free
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- To make a supposition; suppose or believe: "Is Kay's husband coming to dinner too?" "I assume so."
- pretended; not genuine. assumed astonishment; He wrote under an assumed name (= not using his real name). onegte, skuilend غَير حَقيقي، مُنْتَحَـل фалшив falso předstíraný, nepravý vorgetäuscht; angenommen påtaget; falsk προσποιητόςpresunto; falso teeseldud, vale- فرضی؛ غیرواقعی teennäinen feint, d'empruntבדוי कल्पित lažan ál pura-pura uppgerðar-, falskur falso みせかけの 가장한 apsimestinis, netikras pieņemts; neīsts berpura-pura voorgewend, onechtpåtatt, falsk udawany, przybrany غیر واقعی ، فرضی fa...
- something assumed. On the assumption that we can produce four pages an hour, the work will be finished tomorrow. aanname إفْتِراض предположение suposição předpoklad die Annahme forudsætning; antagelse (προ)ϋπόθεση supuesto eeldus فرض oletus hypothèseהשערה, הנחה अनुमान pretpostavka feltevés dugaan sem ráð er fyrir gert, ætlaður ipotesi, supposizione 仮定 가정 prielaida pieņēmums dengan menganggap veronderstellingantakelse, sett at ...założenie قرض کول suposição supoziţie предположение; допущение p...
- To take for granted; suppose: The study assumes that prices will rise.
- To take upon oneself (a duty or obligation): assume responsibility; assume another's debts.
- To take on (an appearance, role, or form, for example); adopt: "The god assumes a human form" (John Ruskin).
- To take over without justification; seize: assume control.
- To clothe oneself in; don: The queen assumed a velvet robe.
- To take up or receive into heaven.
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(may take a clause as object) to take for granted; accept without proof; suppose: to assume that someone is sane. may take a clause as object
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CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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