assumed
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assumed
- /əˈsjuːmd/ UK
- /əˈʃuːmd/ UK, rare
- /əˈsjuːmd/ Canada, US
- /əˈsuːmd/
- /əˈzuːmd/ Nigeria
Rhymes with -uːmd
verb
- simple past and past participle of assume
adjective more assumed · most assumed
- Used in a manner intended to deceive; pretended; simulated. Appleby[…]rose from his seat when Morales came in. He shook hands urbanely, unbuckled his sword, and laid his kepi on the table, and then sat down with an expression of concern in his olive face which Appleby fancied was assumed.
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Supposed or presumed.
Similar: understood, a priori
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: pretended, sham, counterfeit, fictitious, arrogated, fictive, acknowledged, imitative, assumptive, false, taken, put on, counterfactual, involved, implied, absorbed
Translations
Talk about this word "assumed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/assumed. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. assumed. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/assumed "assumed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/assumed.Cite this
@misc{assumed_2026,
title = {assumed},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/assumed},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
