assumed
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as·sumed
(ə-so͞omd′)adj.
1. Taken up or used so as to deceive; pretended: an assumed name.
2. Taken for granted; supposed: an assumed increase in population.
as·sum′ed·ly (ə-so͞o′mĭd-lē) adv.
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assumed
(əˈsjuːmd)adj
1. false; fictitious: an assumed name.
2. taken for granted: an assumed result.
3. usurped; arrogated: an assumed authority.
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as•sumed
(əˈsumd)adj.
1. adopted in order to deceive; fictitious; pretended; feigned.
2. taken for granted; supposed.
3. usurped.
[1615–25]
as•sum′ed•ly, adv.
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Adj. | 1. | assumed - adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty" counterfeit, imitative - not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince" |
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assumed
adjective false, affected, made-up, pretended, fake, imitation, bogus, simulated, sham, counterfeit, feigned, spurious, fictitious, make-believe, pseudonymous, phoney or phony (informal) The articles were published under an assumed name.
false real, natural, actual, authentic
false real, natural, actual, authentic
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assumed
adjectiveBeing fictitious and not real, as a name:
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Translations
غَير حَقيقي، مُنْتَحَـل
nepravýpředstíraný
falsk
uppgerîar-, falskur
nepravý
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assumed
adj
(= pretended) surprise, humility → gespielt, vorgetäuscht; in the assumed guise of a beggar → als Bettler verkleidet
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assume
(əˈsjuːm) verb1. to take or accept as true. I assume (that) you'd like time to decide.
2. to take upon oneself or accept (authority, responsibility etc). He assumed the rôle of leader in the emergency.
3. to put on (a particular appearance etc). He assumed a look of horror.
asˈsumed adjective pretended; not genuine. assumed astonishment; He wrote under an assumed name (= not using his real name).
asˈsumption (-ˈsamp-) noun something assumed. On the assumption that we can produce four pages an hour, the work will be finished tomorrow.
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