presume
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
I assume his train was late
Types & categories
- expect hypernym
- presuppose hyponym
Related & opposite
- assumption derivation
- presumption derivation
- presumption derivation
- supposal derivation
- presumption derivation
- assumption derivation
- assumptive derivation
- presumptive derivation
- presumptive derivation
Sense 2 verb
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
How dare you call my lawyer?
Types & categories
- act hypernym
Related & opposite
- presumption derivation
Sense 3 verb
constitute reasonable evidence for
A restaurant bill presumes the consumption of food
Types & categories
- bear witness hypernym
Related & opposite
- presumptive derivation
- presumptive derivation
Sense 4 verb
take liberties or act with too much confidence
Types & categories
- behave hypernym
Related & opposite
- presumption derivation
- presumptuousness derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | assumption |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | presumption |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | presumption |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | supposal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | presumption |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | assumption |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | assumptive |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | presumptive |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | presumptive |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | expect |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | presuppose |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | presumption |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | presumptive |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | presumptive |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | bear witness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | presumption |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | presumptuousness |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | behave |