'ASSUME' definitions:
Definition of 'assume'
(from WordNet)
verb
Take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof; "I assume his train was late" [syn: assume, presume, take for granted]
verb
Take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?" [syn: assume, adopt, take on, take over]
verb
Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables" [syn: assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take]
verb
Take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility" [syn: bear, take over, accept, assume]
verb
Occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose" [syn: assume, take, strike, take up]
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"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died" [syn: assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate]
verb
Make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" [syn: simulate, assume, sham, feign]
verb
Take up someone's soul into heaven; "This is the day when May was assumed into heaven"
verb
Synonyms of 'assume'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accept,
- account as,
- accroach,
- acquire,
- act,
- act a part,
- act like,
- admit,
- adopt,
- affect,
- affirm,
- allegorize,
- allow,
- allude to,
- appropriate,
- arrogate,
- assert,
- assume,
- assume command,
- attack,
- attempt,
- aver,
- be afraid,
- believe,
- bluff,
- borrow,
- bring,
- bring to mind,
- buckle to,
- call for,
- camouflage,
- change,
- chorus,
- cloak,
- colonize,
- come by,
- come in for,
- commandeer,
- comprise,
- conceal,
- concede,
- conceive,
- conclude,
- connote,
- conquer,
- consider,
- contain,
- copy,
- counterfeit,
- cover up,
- crib,
- dare,
- daresay,
- deduce,
- deem,
- derive,
- derive from,
- disguise,
- dissemble,
- dissimulate,
- ditto,
- divine,
- do,
- do a bit,
- do like,
- don,
- drag down,
- dramatize,
- draw,
- draw from,
- draw on,
- dream,
- dress in,
- echo,
- embark in,
- embark upon,
- employ,
- encroach,
- endeavor,
- engage in,
- enslave,
- entail,
- enter on,
- enter upon,
- esteem,
- estimate,
- expect,
- fake,
- fall into,
- fall to,
- fancy,
- feel,
- feign,
- forge,
- four-flush,
- gain,
- gammon,
- gather,
- get,
- get into,
- get on,
- get under way,
- go about,
- go at,
- go in for,
- go into,
- go like,
- go upon,
- grab,
- grant,
- guess,
- have,
- have a hunch,
- have an idea,
- have an impression,
- have an inkling,
- have at,
- have coming in,
- have the idea,
- hazard,
- hide,
- hint,
- histrionize,
- hog,
- hoke,
- hoke up,
- hold,
- hold as,
- imagine,
- imitate,
- implicate,
- imply,
- import,
- indent,
- infer,
- infringe,
- insinuate,
- intimate,
- invade,
- involve,
- judge,
- jump a claim,
- launch forth,
- launch into,
- lay about,
- lead to,
- let,
- let be,
- let on,
- let on like,
- look upon as,
- maintain,
- make a pretense,
- make as if,
- make believe,
- make bold,
- make free,
- make free with,
- make like,
- make out like,
- make use of,
- mask,
- mean,
- mean to say,
- mirror,
- mock,
- monopolize,
- mount the throne,
- move into,
- obtain,
- occupy,
- opine,
- overact,
- overrun,
- pirate,
- pitch into,
- plagiarize,
- play,
- play a part,
- play a scene,
- play God,
- play possum,
- playact,
- plunge into,
- point indirectly to,
- posit,
- postulate,
- predicate,
- preempt,
- prefigure,
- premise,
- preoccupy,
- prepossess,
- presume,
- presuppose,
- presurmise,
- pretend,
- pretend to,
- proceed to,
- profess,
- provisionally accept,
- pull,
- pull down,
- put on,
- put on airs,
- receive,
- reckon,
- reecho,
- reflect,
- regard,
- repeat,
- repute,
- require,
- requisition,
- say,
- secure,
- seize,
- seize power,
- seize the throne,
- set about,
- set at,
- set down as,
- set forward,
- set going,
- set to,
- sham,
- simulate,
- sit on,
- slip on,
- snatch,
- squat on,
- steal,
- strike,
- subjugate,
- subsume,
- suggest,
- suppose,
- surmise,
- suspect,
- tackle,
- take,
- take all of,
- take charge,
- take command,
- take for,
- take for granted,
- take in,
- take it,
- take it all,
- take on,
- take over,
- take possession,
- take possession of,
- take the helm,
- take the lead,
- take the liberty,
- take to be,
- take up,
- think,
- throw,
- trespass,
- trow,
- tug the heartstrings,
- turn to,
- understand,
- undertake,
- use,
- usurp,
- venture,
- venture upon,
- view as,
- wear,
- ween
Acronyms for 'assume'
From: V.E.R.A.
- Association of Statistics Specialists Using Microsoft Excel (org., user group)