Sample Sentences for
assume
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assume as in:  I assume it's true

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    The detective had no concrete evidence, but he began to assume the suspect was hiding something based on his evasive answers.
    assume = believe
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    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)
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    And your parents will assume you're with Asher, or with me—  (source)
    assume = accept as true (without really knowing)
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    There was no pain there so he assumed that had taken care of itself.  (source)
    assumed = believed
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    We assume they hunted in groups if they were to bring down larger prey.  (source)
    assume = believe
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    Even assuming that to be true, how could you be sure they were still in Connecticut?  (source)
    assuming = accepting as true (without really knowing)
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    —the evil assumption that all Negroes lie,  (source)
    assumption = belief
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. When a word ends in "me", a "p" is often added as in assume to assumption, consume to consumption and resume to resumption.
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    cory wanders over to the tree, picks up the bat and assumes a batting stance.†  (source)
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    I couldn't make any assumptions, and I couldn't give away anything until I knew for sure.†  (source)
    standard suffix: 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.
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    Sir Andrew's eyes followed the pretty little figure, until it had quite disappeared, then they met Lady Blakeney's with unassumed merriment.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unassumed means not and reverses the meaning of assumed. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    He had assumed he would soon return to his sheep.  (source)
    assumed = believed
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    A kid—Isaac's brother, I assume—darted out from the kitchen.  (source)
    assume = believe (without really knowing)
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    The McAllen team's boys boasted to each other how they couldn't wait to get up and cream a pitch, assuming Angel could throw a single strike.  (source)
    assuming = believed (without really knowing)
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assume as in:  She assumed power

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The dictator assumed control of the country at midnight this morning.
assumed = took (power)
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    When she adopted the baby boy, she assumed responsibility for taking care of him.
    assumed = took
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    She is now of an age when she should assume the responsibilities of adulthood.
    assume = take on
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    The rebels assumed power after assassinating the president and arresting all members of congress.
    assumed = seized
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    Is the balance of the loan assumable by someone else if they buy the home before the loan is paid in full?
    assumable = able to be taken over by someone else
    standard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
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    I look forward to the assumption of the privileges and responsibilities of adulthood.
    assumption = taking on
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. When a word ends in "me", a "p" is often added as in assume to assumption, consume to consumption and resume to resumption.
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    I have to admit I admire Mother for the way she assumed the role of his wife and has never, as far as I know, complained or been jealous.  (source)
    assumed = took on (power or responsibility)
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    For you, as well as for the rest of all the happy, useful people on this planet, I, in my own strength, am willing to assume all the pain, all the responsibility, all the burdens of thought and decision.  (source)
    assume = take on (as a responsibility)
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    While I was hovering between life and death, the Taliban issued a statement assuming responsibility for shooting me but denying it was because of my campaign for education.  (source)
    assuming = taking
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    But he still assumes a loose command whenever we're together.  (source)
    assumes = takes (power or responsibility)
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    Tyranny more frequently grows out of the assumptions of unconstitutional power that is needed in an emergency but is not included in a defective constitution, than out of the full exercise of the largest constitutional authorities.  (source)
    assumptions = instances of taking on power and responsibility
    standard suffix: 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.
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    Liesel wondered why none of the other boys had assumed the helm, but looking from face to face, she realized that none of them had it. They had no qualms about stealing, but they needed to be told. They liked to be told, and Viktor Chemmel liked to be the teller.  (source)
    assumed = taken on (power)
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    With their superior knowledge it was natural that they should assume the leadership.  (source)
    assume = take on (as a responsibility)
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    Now the official class leaders and politicians could be seen taking charge, assuming as a matter of course their control of these walks and fields which had belonged only to us.  (source)
    assuming = taking (power or responsibility)
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assume as in:  She assumed a false identity

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She assumed the identify of her victim until the body was found.
assumed = took on (or adopted)
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    She thinks the aliens can assume human form.
    assume = take on (an appearance)
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    The god, Krishna, is said to have assumed human form.
    assumed = taken on (or adopted)
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    She assumed a look of disinterested amusement.
    assumed = took on (or adopted)
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    She assumed a dancer's pose.
    assumed = took on (or adopted)
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    By the time Sydelle Pulaski could assume a pose of reverence, the minute was up.  (source)
    assume = take on (an appearance)
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    "Sir, I've summat to say as makes sense," he announced, assuming a bold tone, "and there's more than one witness to prove it."  (source)
    assuming = taking on or adopting
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    I try to capture the calm demeanor my mother assumes when handling particularly bad cases.  (source)
    assumes = takes on or adopts
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    She drew back from him with a desperate assumption of scorn.  (source)
    assumption = something taken on or adopted
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. When a word ends in "me", a "p" is often added as in assume to assumption, consume to consumption and resume to resumption.
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    Mom took his temperature, brought him some hot tea, and assumed the "August's mom" role again.  (source)
    assumed = took on
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    Mrs. Merriweather was one of those childless adults who find it necessary to assume a different tone of voice when speaking to children.  (source)
    assume = take on or adopt
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    As the light grew in intensity, the fog began to curve and swirl, assuming different shapes.  (source)
    assuming = taking on
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    ROBERTA, more and more embarrassed, assumes nevertheless extravagant poses.  (source)
    assumes = takes on (an appearance)
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    It was with considerable difficulty that I won him over to the assumption of a dress more like a prosperous farmer's; and we arranged that he should cut his hair close, and wear a little powder.  (source)
    assumption = something taken on or adopted
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assume as in:  assumed into heaven

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My church celebrates The Assumption of Mary on August 15th.
assumption = the act of taking someone up into heaven
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    Some members of my church are getting together for dinner for the Feast of the Assumption of Mary.
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    "Today we're celebrating the Assumption of Mary," August said.  (source)
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    Brother Daniel was talking of the last moment we knew of in Mary's human life, her Assumption.  (source)
    Assumption = being taken up into heaven
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    Just then, the bells of the Cathedral of the Assumption on Fifth Street rang out.  (source)
    Assumption = the act of taking someone up into heaven
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. When a word ends in "me", a "p" is often added as in assume to assumption, consume to consumption and resume to resumption.
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    The light, sunny room with its white painted walls was filled with the creamy light of the golden autumn days that follow the Feast of the Assumption, when the mornings begin to be frosty and titmice and magpies dart into the bright-leaved, thinning woods.  (source)
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    The Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches celebrate the same mystery in the Feast of the Assumption: "The Virgin Mary is taken up into the bridal chamber of heaven, where the King of Kings sits on his starry throne."  (source)
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    The Emperor entered the Cathedral of the Assumption.  (source)
    Assumption = to take up or receive someone into heaven
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    ...there was an Assumption of the Virgin;  (source)
    Assumption = the act of taking someone up into heaven
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    Then may ye say, this is your advice that, an it like his good grace, ye will do make a cry against the feast of the Assumption of our Lady, that what knight there proveth him best he shall wield you and all your land.†  (source)
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    Oh, sure, the Feast of the Assumption—Brother Gerald preached on that every other Sunday.  (source)
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    This tale is of particular interest, not because of its extreme absurdity, but because it clearly announces, in unconscious burlesque, every one of the major motifs of the typical life of the hero: virgin birth, quest for the father, ordeal, atonement with the father, the assumption and coronation of the virgin mother, and finally, the heavenly triumph of the true sons while the pretenders are heated hot.  (source)
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    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.  (source)
    Assumption = the act of taking someone up or receiving someone in heaven
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    "It's not just about the Assumption, though," August said, shoveling the cakes onto the wire racks.  (source)
    Assumption = the act of taking someone up into heaven
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