PRESUME


Meaning of PRESUME in English

(~s, presuming, ~d)

1.

If you ~ that something is the case, you think that it is the case, although you are not certain.

I ~ you’re here on business...

Dido’s told you the whole sad story, I ~?...

‘Had he been home all week?’—‘I ~ so.’

...areas that have been ~d to be safe...

The missing person is ~d dead.

= assume

VERB: V that, V that, V so , be V-ed to-inf, be V-ed adj

2.

If you say that someone ~s to do something, you mean that they do it even though they have no right to do it. (FORMAL)

They’re resentful that outsiders ~ to meddle in their affairs...

VERB: V to-inf

3.

If an idea, theory, or plan ~s 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 ~s mental control...

The arrangement ~s that both lenders and borrowers are rational.

VERB: V n, V that

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