[
UK
/ɐsˈuːm/
]
[ US /əˈsum/ ]
[ US /əˈsum/ ]
VERB
-
take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
I'll accept the charges
She agreed to bear the responsibility -
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
he adopted an air of superiority
His voice took on a sad tone
She assumed strange manners
The story took a new turn
The gods assume human or animal form in these fables -
take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
I assume his train was late -
take up someone's soul into heaven
This is the day when Mary was assumed into heaven -
occupy or take on
She took up her position behind the tree
strike a pose
He assumes the lotus position
We took our seats in the orchestra
She took her seat on the stage -
seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
he usurped my rights
He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town
She seized control of the throne after her husband died -
make a pretence of
She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger
he feigned sleep -
put clothing on one's body
The princess donned a long blue dress
What should I wear today?
The queen assumed the stately robes
He got into his jeans
He put on his best suit for the wedding -
take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
When will the new President assume office?
How To Use assume In A Sentence
- Even while he was missing, those uncertain hours of anxious speculation and dismal journalism, she had assumed Maxwell would be found boomingly alive, having spent the whole time enjoying the amorous advances of a short-sighted minke whale. Country of the Blind
- But freshman composition, like the writing test, assumed a level of competency that few of these students had attained.
- The study predicted that, by 2022, the country would still require $7.2 billion in foreign aid a year—and that assumes an upsurge of so-far inexistent mining-industry revenue and no dramatic deterioration of security. Afghanistan Seeks Enduring Support
- The old, merry Whiting looked sideways at Richard, then the round face assumed an expression of diffident humility for Mr. Hanks. Morgan’s Run
- But that is much more easily done if Cassell can reassume his role as the offensive ignition.
- Second, lump sum payments are worked out on the basis of an assumed life expectancy.
- Andrews assumes that the lyric poet's freedom to dissent is only the freedom to say ‘yes’ to the American ideology - individualism.
- To believe that Obama is a socialist merely assumes his continued commitment to a world he has long described as his lodestar. Radical-In-Chief
- Montresor assumed an air of indifference again.
- Are the forces of fallacy still out there, waiting to reassume their hold? Times, Sunday Times
