All 4 Uses of
assume
in
Turtles All the Way Down
- Everyone seemed to assume I knew what the hell a tuatara was.
p. 35.3assume = believe
- I assume y'all have a coupon?
p. 54.1assume = believe (without really knowing)
- And so we assume it isn't real.
p. 89.6 *assume = believe (without absolute proof)
- Even Shakespeare assumed fundamental truths about the fundament that turned out to be wrong.
p. 207.9assumed = believed
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 power) beginning to take power or responsibility
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(3)
(assume as in: She assumed a false identity) to take on (adopt, wear, strike a pose or appearance of) -- often while pretending or disguising
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(4)
(assume as in: assumed into heaven) to take up or receive someone into heaven