All 10 Uses of
assume
in
Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl
- She's assuming that Mother's can be used for both families.
Chpt 42-09 (definition 1)assuming = accepting as true (without proof)
- He threw a fit, took the book away and assumed that would be the end of the business.
Chpt 42-09 (definition 1)assumed = accepted as true (without proof)
- We assume that most of them are being murdered.
Chpt 42-10 (definition 1)assume = accept as true (without really knowing for sure)
- I immediately assumed it was the carpenter and went to warn Bep, who was eating lunch, that she couldn't go back downstairs.
Chpt 42-10 (definition 1)assumed = accepted as true (without proof)
- But that evening, when my fountain pen still hadn't turned up, we all assumed it had been burned, especially because celluloid is highly inflammable.
Chpt 43-11 (definition 1)
- You're just making an assumption.
Chpt 44-02 (definition 1) *assumption = something accepted as true (without proof)
- She immediately assumed her haughtiest expression and said, "You're a fine one to talk."
Chpt 44-02 (definition 2) *assumed = took on or adopted
- Well, you know the rest, or at any rate I assume you're familiar enough with the residents of the Annex to guess what they'd be talking about.
Chpt 44-03 (definition 1)assume = accept as true (without really knowing for sure)
- Later on, when parents notice that their children have, somehow, come by their information, they assume they know more (or less) than they actually do.
Chpt 44-03 (definition 1)assume = accept as true
- Believe me, I'd like to listen, but it doesn't work, because if I'm quiet and serious, everyone thinks I'm putting on a new act and I have to save myself with a joke, and then I'm not even talking about my own family, who assume I must be sick, stuff me with aspirins and sedatives, feel my neck and forehead to see if I have a temperature, ask about my bowel movements and berate me for being in a bad mood, until I just can't keep it up anymore, because when everybody starts…
Chpt 44-08 (definition 1)assume = accept as true (without really knowing)
Definitions:
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(1) (assume as in: I assume it's true) to accept something as true without proof
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(2) (assume as in: She assumed a false identity) to take on (adopt, wear, strike a pose or appearance of) -- often while pretending or disguising