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presume

/pɹɪˈzjuːm/ UK
/pɹɪˈz(j)um/ US
/pɹiˈz(j)um/ US
/pɹəˈz(j)um/ US
/pɹɪˈzjʉːm/ Australia
/pɹɪˈʒʉːm/ Australia
/pɹɘˈzjʉːm/ New Zealand
/pɹɘˈʒʉːm/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -uːm

Where it comes from

From Middle English presumen, from Anglo-Norman presumer and its source, Latin praesūmere (“to take beforehand, anticipate”), from prae- + sūmere (“to take”).

verb presumes · presuming · presumed · præsume

transitive To be so presumptuous as (to do something) without proper authority or permission [with to (+ infinitive)]. I don't want to pretend to be an authority on this line of business, so I would never presume to tell you how to run your own company.
archaic, transitive To perform, do (something) without authority; to lay claim to without permission. Don't make the decision yourself and presume too much.
transitive To assume or suggest to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose. Paw-prints in the snow allow us to presume a visit from next door's cat.
Similar: suppose
transitive To take as a premise; to assume for the sake of argument. If we presume that human cloning may one day become a mundane, everyday reality, then maybe it's time to start thinking more positively about our soon-to-arrive genetically engineered pseudo-siblings.
intransitive To impose (on) for one's advantage; to be presumptuous; to take advantage (of); to take liberties (with) [with on or upon]. Thanks, but I can't accept the money; I would not want to presume on the generosity of a stranger'

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: assume, suppose, presumption, presumptive, presuppose, surmise, hypothesize, guess, daresay, imply, entail, suggest, infer, think, believe, expect

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verb 3. transitive: to assume to be true, suppose

Español	presumir
한국어	가정(假定)하다 gajeonghada
日本語	推定する suitei suru, 推測する suisoku suru
中文	假設 /假设 jiǎshè, 假定 jiǎdìng, 推測 /推测 tuīcè
Kiswahili	waza, dhania, kisia
Português	presumir, pressupor
Français	présumer, supposer
Deutsch	annehmen, mutmaßen, vermuten
Italiano	presumere
Ελληνικά	υποθέτω ypothéto
Română	presupune
Русский	предполага́ть predpolagátʹ, предположи́ть predpoložítʹ

verb 5. intransitive: to be presumptuous

Español	presumir

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@misc{presume_2026,
  title = {presume},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/presume},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}