assume

(ə-sūm')
tr.v., -sumed, -sum·ing, -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.

[Middle English assumen, from Latin assūmere : ad-, ad- + sūmere, to take.]

assumability as·sum'a·bil'i·ty n.
assumable as·sum'a·ble adj.
assumably as·sum'a·bly adv.
assumer as·sum'er n.

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verb

1. To take upon oneself: incur, shoulder, tackle, take on, take over, undertake. See accept/reject.
2. To put (an article of clothing) on one's person: don, get on, pull on, put on, slip into, slip on. See put on/take off.
3. To take on or give a false appearance of: affect, counterfeit, fake, feign, pretend, put on, sham, simulate. Idioms: make believe. See true/false.
4. To take for granted without proof: posit, postulate, premise, presume, presuppose, suppose. Informal reckon. See belief/unbelief.
5. To lay claim to for oneself or as one's right: appropriate, arrogate, commandeer, preempt, seize, take, usurp. See give/take/reciprocity.

v

Definition: adopt, acquire
Antonyms: leave, let alone, not take

v

Definition: believe, take for granted
Antonyms: doubt, not believe

v

Definition: take, undertake
Antonyms: not do

IN BRIEF: To take for granted or to suppose.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forudsætte, antage, gå ud fra

idioms:

• assuming that    forudsat at, under forudsætning at

Nederlands (Dutch)
veronderstellen, aannemen, verwachten, overnemen, op zich nemen, veinzen, ten hemel opnemen (Maria), zich toe-eigenen

Français (French)
v. tr. - assumer, supposer, présumer, admettre, endosser, prendre (le pouvoir, de l'importance), s'arroger, s'attribuer, s'approprier, adopter (un nom), se donner (un air)

idioms:

• assuming that    supposons que

Deutsch (German)
v. - voraussetzen, annehmen, übernehmen, sich aneignen

idioms:

• assuming that    vorausgesetzt, daß

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παίρνω, προσλαμβάνω (διαστάσεις κτλ.), αναλαμβάνω (υποχρέωση, ευθύνη κτλ.), αναδέχομαι, εικάζω, υποθέτω, θεωρώ βέβαιο ή δεδομένο

idioms:

• assuming that    με την παραδοχή ότι, με την προϋπόθεση ότι

Italiano (Italian)
assumere, assumersi, supporre, ammettere, attribuirsi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - supor, assumir, simular, admitir

idioms:

• assuming that    supondo que

Русский (Russian)
принимать, брать, нести ответственность за, предположить, допускать

idioms:

• assuming that    если принять, что

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - encargarse de, asumir, suponer, presumir, usurpar, apropiarse

idioms:

• assuming that    suponiendo que

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - anta, tillträda

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
以为, 认为, 假定为, 承担

idioms:

• assuming that    假定..., 若...

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 以為, 認為, 假定為, 承擔

idioms:

• assuming that    假定..., 若...

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~이라 가정하다, ~를 떠맡다, ~을 지니다, 을 횡령하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 仮定する, 引き受ける, 肩代わりする, とる, …のふりをする, 強奪する, かたる, まとう, てらう, 負う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يفترض, يتظاهر, يلبس, ينتحل, يغتصب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הניח, לבש ארשת של, תפס, לקח בכוח, נטל על עצמו (תפקיד או משימה)‬

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