Sample sentences for ASSUME - verbalworkout.com

1 —as in:
I assume it's true

Definition

to accept something as true without proof

I assume she was at school today, but I don't remember actually seeing her.

assume = accept as true (without really knowing for sure)

Other Uses (with this meaning)

Let's assume that 80% of the people who said they will come to the party will actually show up.

assume = accept as true (without really knowing for sure)

I think that is a safe assumption.

assumption = something accepted as true (without proof)

(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.)

I remember to spell it with this phrase: Whenever you assume, you make an ass of u and me.

assume = accept as true (without proof)

There's an old SEAL motto: Never assume a frogman's dead unless you find his body.
Marcus Luttrell -- Lone Survivor

assume = accept as true without proof

It is easy, when you are young, to believe that what you desire is no less than what you deserve, to assume that if you want something badly enough, it is your God-given right to have it.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

assume = accept as true

The reporter warned those watching that they should be assumed to be "armed and very dangerous."
Wes Moore -- The Other Wes Moore

assumed = accepted as true (without proof)

When Halloween came, I assumed that the whole family would be present to watch me perform, but I was disappointed.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

assumed = accepted as true (without proof)

My dear Peter, people go by so many erroneous assumptions.
Ayn Rand -- The Fountainhead

assumptions = things accepted as true without proof

(editor's note: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.)

It is less mortifying to believe one's self unpopular than insignificant, and vanity prefers to assume that indifference is a latent form of unfriendliness.
Edith Wharton -- The House of Mirth

assume = accept as true

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2 —as in:
She assumed power

Definition

beginning to take power or responsibility

The dictator assumed control of the country at midnight this morning.

assumed = took (power)

Other Uses (with this meaning)

When she adopted the baby boy, she assumed responsibility for taking care of him.

assumed = took (responsibility)

She is now of an age when she should assume the responsibilities of adulthood.
The rebels assumed power after assassinating the president and arresting all members of congress.
Is the balance of the loan assumable by someone else if they buy the home before the loan is paid in full?

(Editor's note: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.)

I look forward to the assumption of the privileges and responsibilities of adulthood.

(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.)

With their superior knowledge it was natural that they should assume the leadership.
George Orwell -- Animal Farm

assume = take on (as a responsibility)

Dad thought that was a bit premature, but there were a lot of people to feed, and he assumed, a loose command of the cooking.
Marcus Luttrell -- Lone Survivor

assumed = took on (power or responsibility)

Keating assumed leadership over the council.
Ayn Rand -- The Fountainhead

assumed = took (power or responsibility)

He had by degrees assumed such authority over his companions that he was almost like a commander on board; and as his orders were always clear, distinct, and easy of execution, his comrades obeyed him with celerity and pleasure.
Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo

assumed = taken on (power)

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3 —as in:
She assumed a false identity

Definition

to take on (adopt, wear, strike a pose or appearance of) — often while pretending or disguising

She assumed the identify of her victim until the body was found.

assumed = took on (or adopted)

Other Uses (with this meaning)

She thinks the aliens can assume human form.

assume = take on (an appearance)

The god, Krishna, is said to have assumed human form.

assumed = taken on (or adopted)

She assumed a look of disinterested amusement.

assumed = took on (or adopted)

She assumed a dancer's pose.

assumed = took on (or adopted)

Mrs. Merriweather was one of those childless adults who find it necessary to assume a different tone of voice when speaking to children.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

assume = take on or adopt

I ain't saying assume the fetal position and let them put their cocked revolvers upside your head.
Don DeLillo -- Underworld

assume = take or adopt

It struck him that the man's whole life was playing a part, and that he felt it to be dangerous to drop his assumed personality even for a moment.
George Orwell -- 1984

assumed = adopted (of the part he was playing)

And we all struggled down to the concrete and assumed a position for push-ups, arms extended, bodies outstretched, rigid.
Marcus Luttrell -- Lone Survivor

assumed = took on (a body position)

But dinginess is a quality which assumes all manner of disguises;
Edith Wharton -- The House of Mirth

assumes = takes on

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4 —as in:
assumed into heaven

Definition

to take up or receive someone into heaven

My church celebrates The Assumption of Mary on August 15th.

assumption = the act of taking someone up into heaven

(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.)

Other Uses (with this meaning)

Some members of my church are getting together for dinner for the Feast of the Assumption of Mary.

assumption = the act of taking someone up into heaven

(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.)

"Today we're celebrating the Assumption of Mary," August said.
Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees

assumption = the act of taking someone up into heaven

(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 Emperor entered the Cathedral of the Assumption.
Leo Tolstoy -- War and Peace

assumption = to take up or receive someone into heaven

(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.)

I feel her in unexpected moments, her Assumption into heaven happening in places inside me.
Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees

assumption = the act of taking someone up into heaven

(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.)

Today is the Feast of the Assumption.
Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees

assumption = the act of taking someone up into heaven

(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.)

"It's not just about the Assumption, though," August said, shoveling the cakes onto the wire racks.
Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees

assumption = the act of taking someone up into heaven

(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.)

Oh, sure, the Feast of the Assumption—Brother Gerald preached on that every other Sunday.
Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees

assumption = the act of taking someone up into heaven

(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.)

While she spun honey across the tops of a fresh pan of cakes, she explained to me in detail how the Assumption was nothing less than Mary rising up to heaven.
Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees

assumption = the act of taking someone up into heaven

(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.)

On Sunday morning Marya Dmitrievna invited her visitors to Mass at her parish church—the Church of the Assumption built over the graves of victims of the plague.
Leo Tolstoy -- War and Peace

(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.)

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