assume

as·sume  (-sm)

tr.v. as·sumed, as·sum·ing, as·sumes

1. To take upon oneself: assume responsibility; assume another's debts.

2. To undertake the duties of (an office): assumed the presidency.

3. To take on; adopt: "The god assumes a human form" (John Ruskin).

4. To put on; don: The queen assumed a velvet robe.

5. To affect the appearance or possession of; feign.

6. To take for granted; suppose: assumed that prices would rise. See Synonyms at presume.

7. To take over without justification; seize: assume control.

8. To take up or receive into heaven.

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[Middle English assumen, from Latin assmere : ad-, ad- + smere, to take; see em- in Indo-European roots.]

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as·suma·bili·ty n.

as·suma·ble adj.

as·suma·bly adv.

as·sumer n.

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assume [əˈsjuːm]

vb (tr)

1. (may take a clause as object) to take for granted; accept without proof; suppose to assume that someone is sane

2. to take upon oneself; undertake or take on or over (a position, responsibility, etc.) to assume office

3. to pretend to; feign he assumed indifference, although the news affected him deeply

4. to take or put on; adopt the problem assumed gigantic proportions

5. to appropriate or usurp (power, control, etc.); arrogate the revolutionaries assumed control of the city

6. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity (of God) to take up (the soul of a believer) into heaven

[from Latin assūmere to take up, from sūmere to take up, from sub- + emere to take]

assumable  adj

assumer  n

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as•sume (əˈsum)

v.t. -sumed, -sum•ing.

1. to take for granted or without proof; suppose; postulate; posit.

2. to take upon oneself; undertake or accept: to assume responsibility.

3. to take over the duties or responsibilities of: to assume the office of treasurer.

4. to adopt (a particular character, quality, mode of life, etc.): to assume the role of patron of the arts.

5. to take on; become endowed with: The situation assumed a threatening character.

6. to pretend to have or be; feign: to assume a humble manner.

7. to seize; usurp: to assume control.

8. to take upon oneself (the debts or obligations of another).

v.i.

9. to take something for granted; presume.

[1400–50; late Middle English (< Anglo-French assumer) < Latin assūmere to take up, adopt =as- as- + sūmere to pick up; see consume]

as•sum′a•ble, adj.

as•sum`a•bil′i•ty, n.

as•sum′a•bly, adv.

as•sum′er, n.

syn: See pretend.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	assume - take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof; "I assume his train was late" presume, take for granted presuppose, suppose - take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I presuppose that you have done your work" anticipate, expect - regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow"
	2.	assume - take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?" take on, take over, adopt resume - assume anew; "resume a title"; "resume an office"; "resume one's duties" take office - assume an office, duty, or title; "When will the new President take office?"
	3.	assume - take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables" take on, acquire, adopt, take change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" re-assume - take on again, as after a time lapse; "He re-assumed his old behavior"
	4.	assume - take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility" take over, accept, bear take - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" carry-the can, face the music - accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions
	5.	assume - occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose" take up, strike, take move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" fill, occupy, take - assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne"
	6.	assume - seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died" take over, usurp, arrogate, seize take - take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill" annex - take (territory) as if by conquest; "Hitler annexed Lithuania" appropriate, conquer, seize, capture - take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle" preoccupy - occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance; "the army preoccupied the hills" hijack - seize control of; "they hijacked the judicial process" raid - take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock; "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"
	7.	assume - make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" sham, feign, simulate pretend, dissemble, act - behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting" play - pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity; "Let's play like I am mommy"; "Play cowboy and Indians" feint - deceive by a mock action; "The midfielder feinted to shoot"
	8.	assume - take up someone's soul into heaven; "This is the day when May was assumed into heaven" Christian religion, Christianity - a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior receive, take in, invite - express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees"
	9.	assume - put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans" don, put on, get into, wear dress, get dressed - put on clothes; "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?" hat - put on or wear a hat; "He was unsuitably hatted" try on, try - put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice; "Try on this sweater to see how it looks" scarf - wrap in or adorn with a scarf slip on - put on with ease or speed; "slip into something more comfortable after work"; "slip on one's shoes"

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assume

verb

1. presume, think, believe, expect, accept, suppose, imagine, suspect, guess (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), take it, fancy, take for granted, infer, conjecture, postulate, surmise, presuppose It is a mistake to assume that the two are similar.
presume know, prove

2. take on, begin, accept, manage, bear, handle, shoulder, take over, don, acquire, put on, take up, embrace, undertake, set about, attend to, take responsibility for, embark upon, enter upon He will assume the role of Chief Executive.

3. simulate, affect, adopt, put on, imitate, mimic, sham, counterfeit, feign, impersonate He assumed an air of superiority.

4. take over, take, appropriate, acquire, seize, hijack, confiscate, wrest, usurp, lay claim to, pre-empt, commandeer, requisition, expropriate, arrogate If there is no president, power will be assumed by extremist forces.
take over leave, give up, hand over, relinquish, put aside

Translations

assume [əˈsjuːm] VT

1. (= suppose) → suponer
we may therefore assume that → así, es de suponer que ...
let us assume that → pongamos por caso or supongamos que ...
assuming that → suponiendo que ..., en el supuesto de que ...
you are assuming a lot → supones demasiado, eso es mucho suponer
you resigned, I assume → dimitiste, me imagino

2. (= take on, take over) [+ power, control, responsibility] → asumir; [+ authority] (unjustly) → apropiarse, arrogarse

3. (= adopt) [+ name, attitude, look of surprise] → adoptar; [+ air] → darse

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assume [əˈsjuːm] vt

(= suppose) → supposer
to assume (that) ... → supposer que ...
I assume she won't be coming → Je suppose qu'elle ne viendra pas.
let us assume that ... → supposons que ...
assuming (that) ... → supposons que ...

(= take on) [+ responsibilities] → assumer; [+ attitude] → prendre, adopter; [+ name] → prendre, adopter; [+ look] → prendre
Her eyes assumed a strange, weary look → Ses yeux prirent une expression étrange, lasse.
assumed name n → nom m d'emprunt

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assume

vt

(= take for granted, suppose) → annehmen; (= presuppose) → voraussetzen; let us assume that you are right → nehmen wir an or gehen wir davon aus, Sie hätten recht; assuming (that) … → angenommen(, dass) …; assuming (that) this is true … → angenommen or vorausgesetzt, (dass) das stimmt …; Professor X assumes as his basic premise that … → Professor X geht von der Grundvoraussetzung aus, dass …

power, control → übernehmen; (forcefully) → ergreifen

(= take on) name, title → annehmen, sich (dat) → zulegen; guise, shape, attitude → annehmen; to assume office → sein Amt antreten; to assume a look of innocence/surprise → eine unschuldige/überraschte Miene aufsetzen; the problem has assumed a new importance → das Problem hat neue Bedeutung gewonnen; the sky assumed a reddish glow (liter) → der Himmel nahm rötliche Glut an (poet)

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assume [əˈsjuːm] vt

a. (suppose) → supporre, presumere, presupporre
assuming that ... → supponendo che...

b. (power, control, attitude) → assumere, prendere
to assume responsibility for → assumersi la responsabilità di

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assume (əˈsjuːm) verb

1. to take or accept as true. I assume (that) you'd like time to decide. aanneem يَفْتَرِض предполагам supor předpokládat annehmen antage; formode; gå ud fra υποθέτω, συμπεραίνω suponer oletama فرض کردن؛ پنداشتن olettaa supposer לְהַנִיח मान लेना pretpostaviti feltételez menganggap telja víst supporre, ritenere 仮定する 당연한 일로 생각하다 manyti pieņemt; uzskatīt anggap aannemen anta, gå ut fra zakładać فرض کول supor a presupune допускать predpokladať domnevati pretpostaviti anta, förmoda ทึกทักเอา varsaymak, ...olduğunu düşünmek 假定 вважати, припускати فرض کرنا giả thiết rằng 假定

2. to take upon oneself or accept (authority, responsibility etc). He assumed the rôle of leader in the emergency. aanvaar, aanneem, op homself neem يَأخُذ عَلى عَاتِقِه приемам assumir převzít, přijmout übernehmen påtage sig; overtage αναλαμβάνω asumir enda peale võtma به عهده گرفتن؛ تقبل کردن ottaa assumer לְקַבֵּל עַל עַצמוֹ कार्यभार संभालना preuzeti magára vállal mengambil taka að sér assumere 引き受ける 떠맡다 imtis uzņemties menerima op zich nemen påta (seg), overta przyjmować په غاړه اخیستل، قبلول assumir a(-şi) asuma брать на себя prijať prevzeti preuzeti (na sebe) anta, inta รับ üstlenmek, yüklenmek 擔任 брати на себе ذمہ داری لینا đảm đương 担任

3. to put on (a particular appearance etc). He assumed a look of horror. het gehad يَتَظاهَر придобивам вид adotar nasadit annehmen påtage παίρνω (συγκεκριμένη) μορφή adquirir, adoptar teesklema وانمود کردن؛ به خود گرفتن muuttua ulkoisesti prendre, affecter לַעֲטוִת रूप धारण करना poprimiti (fel)ölt memperlihatkan taka á sig, setja upp; gera sér upp assumere, prendere ～のふりをする (태도를) 취하다 apsimesti pieņemt mengenakan aannemen sette opp, legge seg til przybierać ځان ته اخیستل، ښکاره کول adoptar a(-şi) lua напускать на себя nasadiť si nadeti si (videz) praviti se låtsa, lägga sig till med สวมบทบาท kendine ...süsü vermek, var gibi göstermek, taslamak 裝出 набувати ظاہر کرنا giả bộ 装出

asˈsumed adjective

pretended; not genuine. assumed astonishment; He wrote under an assumed name (= not using his real name). onegte, skuilend غَير حَقيقي، مُنْتَحَـل фалшив falso předstíraný, nepravý vorgetäuscht; angenommen påtaget; falsk προσποιητός presunto; falso teeseldud, vale- فرضی؛ غیرواقعی teennäinen feint, d'emprunt בַּדוּי कल्पित lažan ál pura-pura uppgerðar-, falskur falso みせかけの 가장한 apsimestinis, netikras pieņemts; neīsts berpura-pura voorgewend, onecht påtatt, falsk udawany, przybrany غیر واقعی ، فرضی falso prefăcut; de împrumut притворный;вымышленный predstieraný, nepravý izposojen, lažen lažni antagen, låtsad ปลอม takma, sahte 假裝的 вигаданий مصنوعی اظہار làm ra vẻ 假装的

asˈsumption (-ˈsamp-) noun

something assumed. On the assumption that we can produce four pages an hour, the work will be finished tomorrow. aanname إفْتِراض предположение suposição předpoklad die Annahme forudsætning; antagelse (προ)ϋπόθεση supuesto eeldus فرض oletus hypothèse הַשׁעָרָה, הַנָחָה अनुमान pretpostavka feltevés dugaan sem ráð er fyrir gert, ætlaður ipotesi, supposizione 仮定 가정 prielaida pieņēmums dengan menganggap veronderstelling antakelse, sett at ... założenie قرض کول suposição supoziţie предположение; допущение predpoklad predpostavka, domneva pretpostavka antagande, förutsättning การสมมติ varsayım, farz, tahmin 假定 припущення مفروضہ ، فرضی giả định 假定

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assume → يَفْتَرِض předpokládat antage annehmen υποθέτω suponer olettaa présumer poprimiti presumere 想定する 가정하다 aannemen anta przypuścić assumir, presumir принимать anta ทึกทักเอา varsaymak giả thiết 假定