(~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