Definitions for assuming

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assuming as·sum·ing

Spelling: [uh-soo-ming]

IPA: /əˈsu mɪŋ/

Assuming is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 263 anagrams from letters in assuming (agimnssu).

Definitions for assuming

adjective

1. taking too much for granted; presumptuous.

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 assuming

First recorded in 1595-1605; assume + -ing²

Examples for assuming

assuming he sticks it out, the election will be thrown into the Vermont state house, where Democrats have a sizeable advantage.

A French sales clerk hovers over Mariame, as if assuming she is shoplifting because she is black and from the projects.

The danger lies in assuming that we shall get on any better.

assuming the truth of those statements, I apply to you for information.

assuming that members of Congress who live in D.C. are adults, they, too, will be permitted to get stoned at their leisure.

But assuming things were ever that hopeful, heaven was short-lived, and trouble followed.

You are assuming that the child does not know its own business, and that you do.

"Because," she replied slowly, assuming a doctorial expression.

What ISIS can do with the drone, assuming one is in their hands, is an open question.

The horizon was growing indistinct, assuming a mud-colored tinge as it were.