transcription, транскрипция: [ prɪzju:m, AM -zu:m ]
( presumes, presuming, presumed)
1.
If you presume that something is the case, you think that it is the case, although you are not certain.
I presume you’re here on business...
Dido’s told you the whole sad story, I presume?...
‘Had he been home all week?’—‘I presume so.’
...areas that have been presumed to be safe...
The missing person is presumed dead.
= assume
VERB : V that , V that , V so , be V-ed to-inf , be V-ed adj
2.
If you say that someone presumes to do something, you mean that they do it even though they have no right to do it. ( FORMAL )
They’re resentful that outsiders presume to meddle in their affairs...
VERB : V to-inf
3.
If an idea, theory, or plan presumes certain facts, it regards them as true so that they can be used as a basis for further ideas and theories. ( FORMAL )
The legal definition of ‘know’ often presumes mental control...
The arrangement presumes that both lenders and borrowers are rational.
VERB : V n , V that