2 meanings
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1 —as in:
presumption of innocence
Definition
to think of something as true or likely, even though it is not known with certainty- I presumed she was an expert since she spoke so confidently.
presumed = assumed
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- The police's presumption of guilt against the suspect caused them to overlook important evidence.
- The presumption of innocence does no prevent holding a defendant thought to be a danger to society.
- Nor did one know what became of them, apart from the few who were hanged as war-criminals: the others simply vanished, presumably into forced-labour camps.George Orwell -- 1984
- Two hundred and twenty-five men from the 11th had gone missing and were presumed dead, including twenty-six from Louie's 42nd squadron.Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
- I presume they would be lethal if a sufficiently large dose were given.Agatha Christie -- And Then There Were None
- Hundreds of men had gone missing during the military campaign, presumably picked up by the army or ISI, but no one would say.Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala
- Besides, the shovels were locked up at night, presumably so they couldn't be used as weapons.Louis Sachar -- Holes
- I presume they will perform an autopsy.Ellen Raskin -- The Westing Game
- None of them, I presume, had ever read a page of my inditing, or would have cared a fig the more for me if they had read them all;Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter
presumption = assumption
presumption = the legal assumption that something is true unless proved otherwise
presumably = probably
(Editor's note: The suffix "-ably" is a combination of the suffixes "-able" and "-ly". It means in a manner that is capable of being. This is the same pattern you see in words like agreeably, favorably, and comfortably.)
presumed = probably (thought of as true without certainty)
presume = assume
presumably = thought to have probably been
(Editor's note: The suffix "-ably" is a combination of the suffixes "-able" and "-ly". It means in a manner that is capable of being. This is the same pattern you see in words like agreeably, favorably, and comfortably.)
presumably = probably
(Editor's note: The suffix "-ably" is a combination of the suffixes "-able" and "-ly". It means in a manner that is capable of being. This is the same pattern you see in words like agreeably, favorably, and comfortably.)
presume = assume
presume = assume
2 —as in:
she is presumptuous
Definition
exercising privileges to which one is not entitled — such as being too familiar or too bossy- She is pushy and presumptuous. I can't stand to be around her.
presumptuous = exercising privileges to which one is not entitled
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- Her presumption is intolerable.
- the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants
- If he wanted, he would send for her; and even to offer an early return was a presumption which hardly anything would have seemed to justify.Jane Austen -- Mansfield Park
- "Do not presume to tell me what it means!" the mayor cried.Jeanne DuPrau -- The City of Ember
- "It is not our custom to fight for our gods," said one of them. "Let us not presume to do so now."Chinua Achebe -- Things Fall Apart
- And God forbid you should presume to serve with a dangling button—for next thing you knew, it would be floating in a customer's vichyssoise.Amor Towles -- A Gentleman in Moscow
- Goddess, I know I presume, but will you do me the honor of dining with me?Madeline Miller -- Circe
- And Redd would have been queen—she would have ruled with all the innate power she possessed—if not for the presumption of her sister.Frank Beddor -- The Looking Glass Wars
- No one on the island had ever presumed to stare like that at Sir Francis Tyler's granddaughter.Elizabeth George Speare -- The Witch of Blackbird Pond
presumption = rudeness
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
presumption = assumption of a privilege to which one is not entitled
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
presume = exercise privileges to which one is not entitled
presume = be so bold as
presume = be so bold as
presume = am bolder than is proper
presumption = exercise of privilege to which one is not entitled
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
presumed = acted so boldly as
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