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Meanings of presume in English

Portuguese
pressupor
Catalan
presumir
Spanish
presumir

Take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof.

        pressupor

        Take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission.

              Usage of presume in English
              1
              This, the court said, was sufficient to presume they were unlawfully acquired.
              The Guardian
              2
              Instinctively, some presume well-off frequent flyers are deserving victims of aviation taxes.
              Independent.ie
              3
              I presume I can count on you good people to be witnesses.
              Artemis Fowl: the opal deception
              4
              There would be no particular danger in my tasting liquor, I presume.
              The Lights and Shadows of Real Life
              5
              I presume it is no different in A&E departments throughout the country.
              The Irish Times
              6
              Then I presume this confiscation is in the nature of a reprisal.
              Heart of the Sunset
              7
              If we presume that Federn is not guilty, the question then becomes-
              The fifth servant
              8
              I presume he means that Harken Energy crashed or folded in 1990.
              The Irish Times
              9
              I presume large numbers of these people are neither Catholic nor Irish-speaking.
              The Irish Times
              10
              Do not presume to question or alter my orders in any way.
              Ilse Witch
              11
              I presume Libuna's favourite picture will be from when she was young.
              The Guardian
              12
              I would never presume to think they need more from that song.
              The Guardian
              13
              Skinner was the only person in possession of a latch-key, I presume.
              The Old Man in the Corner
              14
              You must presume that I have been taken out of play entirely.
              Changes
              15
              And yet I presume you could make more in some other way.
              The Visioning: A Novel
              16
              My dear Mr. Double-X , Iwouldnot presume to speak for you.
              Red Planet Blues
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              Translations for presume
              Catalan
              presumir
              Spanish
              presumir
              Presume through the time
              Presume across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              Ireland
              Common
              United States of America
              Less common