Dictionary Entry
presume
presume is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained.
- 2transitive verb
To take or suppose to be true, or entitled to belief, without examination or proof, or on the strength of probability; to take for granted; to infer; to suppose.
- 3intransitive verb
To suppose or assume something to be, or to be true, on grounds deemed valid, though not amounting to proof; to believe by anticipation; to infer; as, we may presume too far.
- 4intransitive verb
To venture, go, or act, by an assumption of leave or authority not granted; to go beyond what is warranted by the circumstances of the case; to venture beyond license; to take liberties; -- often with on or upon before the ground of confidence.
- 5verb
take liberties or act with too much confidence
- 6verb
take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
"I assume his train was late"
Synonyms
- 7verb
constitute reasonable evidence for
"A restaurant bill presumes the consumption of food"
- 8verb
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
"How dare you call my lawyer?"
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