Definitions for assumed

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assumed as·sumed

Spelling: [uh-soomd]

IPA: /əˈsumd/

Assumed is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 176 anagrams from letters in assumed (ademssu).

Definitions for assumed

adjective

1. adopted in order to deceive; fictitious; pretended; feigned:
2. taken for granted; supposed:
3. usurped.

verb (used with object)

1. to take for granted or without proof: Synonyms: suppose, presuppose; postulate, posit.
2. to take upon oneself; undertake:
3. to take over the duties or responsibilities of:
4. to take on (a particular character, quality, mode of life, etc.); adopt:
5. to take on; be invested or endowed with:
6. to pretend to have or be; feign:
7. to appropriate or arrogate; seize; usurp:
8. to take upon oneself (the debts or obligations of another).
9. Archaic. to take into relation or association; adopt.

verb (used without object)

1. to take something for granted; presume.

Origin of assumed

First recorded in 1615-25; assume + -ed²

Examples for assumed

The ghost writer in question is assumed to be one Siobhan Curham—an established author of both YA and adult fiction.

He gives what His hearers might be assumed to be able to assimilate; but that is all.

Leo and Jorge might reasonably have assumed that the matter had been put to bed.

After the last magnet was retrieved, she assumed slave posture and waited for Couple to unclasp the clamps.

Dick assumed an air vastly more confidential than at any time hitherto.

It is assumed that the children that are to eat this meal are not infants.

Now that she had assumed it, though, he could hardly explain that it was an accident.

Forget everything you assumed about the lives of classic musicians.

After this, nothing could restore the courtesy he had previously assumed.

After tightening her collar, Stella assumed slave posture: on her knees, legs slightly spread, palm resting face-up on her thighs.