ALL meanings of assume
as·sume
A a - verb assume If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly. 3
- verb assume If someone assumes power or responsibility, they take power or responsibility. 3
- verb assume If something assumes a particular quality, it begins to have that quality. 3
- verb assume If you assume a particular expression or way of behaving, you start to look or behave in this way. 3
- verb assume to take for granted; accept without proof; suppose 3
- verb assume to take upon oneself; undertake or take on or over (a position, responsibility, etc) 3
- verb assume to pretend to; feign 3
- verb assume to take or put on; adopt 3
- verb assume to appropriate or usurp (power, control, etc); arrogate 3
- verb assume (of God) to take up (the soul of a believer) into heaven 3
- verb transitive assume to take on or put on (the appearance, form, role, etc. of) 3
- verb transitive assume to seize; usurp 3
- verb transitive assume to take upon oneself; undertake 3
- verb transitive assume to take for granted; suppose (something) to be a fact 3
- verb transitive assume to pretend to have; feign 3
- verb transitive assume to take in or receive 3
- verb transitive assume to take into association 3
- verb with object assume to take for granted or without proof: to assume that everyone wants peace. Synonyms: suppose, presuppose; postulate, posit. 1
- verb with object assume to take upon oneself; undertake: to assume an obligation. 1
- verb with object assume to take over the duties or responsibilities of: to assume the office of treasurer. 1
- verb with object assume to take on (a particular character, quality, mode of life, etc.); adopt: He assumed the style of an aggressive go-getter. 1
- verb with object assume to take on; be invested or endowed with: The situation assumed a threatening character. 1
- verb with object assume to pretend to have or be; feign: to assume a humble manner. 1
- verb with object assume to appropriate or arrogate; seize; usurp: to assume a right to oneself; to assume control. 1
- verb with object assume to take upon oneself (the debts or obligations of another). 1
- verb with object assume Archaic. to take into relation or association; adopt. 1
- verb without object assume to take something for granted; presume. 1
- transitive verb assume suppose 1
- transitive verb assume take up: office or role 1
- transitive verb assume take up: a position 1
- transitive verb assume take for granted 1
- abbreviation ASSUME acquire 1
- noun assume Suppose to be the case, without proof. 1
- verb assume To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof. 0
- verb assume To take on a position, duty or form. 0
- verb assume To adopt a feigned quality or manner. 0
- verb assume To receive or adopt. 0
- verb assume To adopt an idea or cause. 0