[
UK
/pɹɪsˈʌmptɪv/
]
[ US /pɹiˈzəmptɪv/ ]
[ US /pɹiˈzəmptɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
having a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance
the presumptive heir (or heir apparent) -
affording reasonable grounds for belief or acceptance
presumptive evidence
a strong presumptive case is made out
How To Use presumptive In A Sentence
- New internet technologies, however promising, must respect a presumptive claim of privacy online.
- The incoming House speaker presumptive has joined top GOP spokespeople in characterizing the election outcomes as a response to economic frustrations and a rebuke to Obama administration "monstrosities" like health care reform. Hans Johnson: Wave of Voter Anger Leaves Damage, Opportunities
- “Walí‘ahd” which may mean heir-presumptive (whose heirship is contingent) or heir-apparent. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- Esophagram and manometry confirmed the presumptive diagnosis of achalasia.
- A presumptive diagnosis can be made quickly based on symptoms and concomitant laboratory results.
- The presumptive neural tube tissues consist of a layer of ectoderm along the dorsal midline of the embryo, between the notochord and an outer layer of epidermis.
- The presumptive diagnosis is made based on history and physical examination, but further evaluation is needed.
- If there are good internal literary reasons why the author of Mark might have invented this story as the conclusion of his work, then the community that was the presumptive audience for the gospel simply may not have perceived the embarrassment that arose later, as other communities adopted and literalized the narrative invented in Mark. Mythunderstanding The Criteria Of Authenticity
- No tests for autoantibodies should be performed without a clinical evaluation that leads to a presumptive diagnosis.
- This is presumptive evidence of chronic hemolysis if the reticulocytosis is sustained.