All 3 Uses of
presume
in
For Whom the Bell Tolls
- We could go into the hotel and register as Doctor and Mrs. Livingstone I presume, he thought.†
Chpt 13
- But it is, in a way, presumptuous for a foreigner to teach Spanish," Fernando said.†
Chpt 16 *
- You can't base an operation on the presumption that miracles are going to happen.†
Chpt 38
Definition:
-
(presumptuous as in: she is presumptuous) exercising privileges to which one is not entitled -- such as being too familiar or too bossy