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Bookmark or Share- ASSUME | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionaryto take or begin to have responsibility or control, sometimes without the right to do so, or to begin to have a characteristic: She is likely to assume the position of team captain next season. I didn't want to assume the risk of trying to fix the car myself. The new president assumes office at midnight tonight.
- ASSUME Synonyms: 195 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-WebsterSynonyms for ASSUME: accept, shoulder, bear, undertake, embrace, take over, adopt, agree; Antonyms of ASSUME: disclaim, refuse, disavow, repudiate, renounce, withdraw, reject, disown
- ASSUME | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionaryto take or begin to have responsibility or control, sometimes without the right to do so, or to begin to have a characteristic: She is likely to assume the position of team captain next season. I didn't want to assume the risk of trying to fix the car myself. The new president assumes office at midnight tonight.
- ASSUME Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.comto take on; be invested or endowed with: The situation assumed a threatening character. to pretend to have or be; feign: to assume a humble manner. to appropriate or arrogate; seize; usurp: to assume a right to oneself; to assume control. to take upon oneself (the debts or obligations of another).
- ASSUME definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary1. (may take a clause as object) to take for granted; accept without proof; suppose. to assume that someone is sane. 2. to take upon oneself; undertake or take on or over (a position, responsibility, etc) to assume office. 3. to pretend to; feign. he assumed indifference, although the news affected him deeply.
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