Sample sentences for PRESUMPTION

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.

presumption = assumption

The presumption of innocence does no prevent holding a defendant thought to be a danger to society.

presumption = the legal assumption that something is true unless proved otherwise

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

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.)

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

presumed = probably (thought of as true without certainty)

I presume they would be lethal if a sufficiently large dose were given.
Agatha Christie -- And Then There Were None

presume = assume

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

presumably = thought to have probably been

Besides, the shovels were locked up at night, presumably so they couldn't be used as weapons.
Louis Sachar -- Holes

presumably = probably

I presume they will perform an autopsy.
Ellen Raskin -- The Westing Game

presume = assume

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

presume = assume

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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.

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.)

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

presumption = assumption of a privilege to which one is not entitled

"Do not presume to tell me what it means!" the mayor cried.
Jeanne DuPrau -- The City of Ember

presume = exercise privileges to which one is not entitled

"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

presume = be so bold as

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

presume = be so bold as

Goddess, I know I presume, but will you do me the honor of dining with me?
Madeline Miller -- Circe

presume = am bolder than is proper

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

presumption = exercise of privilege to which one is not entitled

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

presumed = acted so boldly as

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