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assumptive

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as·sump·tive  (-smptv)
adj.
1. Characterized by assumption.
2. Taken for granted; assumed.
3. Presumptuous; assuming.

as·sumptive·ly adv.
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Adj.1.assumptive - excessively forward; "an assumptive person"; "on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide"; "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants"
forward - used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline"
2.assumptive - accepted as real or true without proof; "the assumed reason for his absence"; "assumptive beliefs"
acknowledged - recognized or made known or admitted; "the acknowledged leader of the community"; "a woman of acknowledged accomplishments"; "his acknowledged error"


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With the rapid expansion and affluence of colleges and universities during what is often referred to as the heyday of American higher education, a consensus emerged to form what I have described elsewhere as "the assumptive world of the academic professional" (1986).
Assumptive close: You assume the sale is yours and try to set up a meeting time to begin the project or move to the first stage.
In Figure 1, the assumptive role of serum lipids is variously a) an independent came, b) a dependent cause, c) an independent noncause, d) a dependent noncause, and e) a modifier.
 
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