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The Meaning of assume

  • (v. t.) To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.
  • (v. t.) To take for granted, or without proof; to suppose as a fact; to suppose or take arbitrarily or tentatively.
  • (v. t.) To pretend to possess; to take in appearance.
  • (v. t.) To receive or adopt.
  • (v. i.) To be arrogant or pretentious; to claim more than is due.
  • (v. i.) To undertake, as by a promise.

Synonyms

adopt , take for granted , arrogate , get into , accept , strike , take on , acquire , put on , presume , make bold , usurp , dare , take , sham , take over , seize , don , take up , bear , wear , feign , simulate , take in , embrace , absorb , buy up , espouse , undertake , sweep up , borrow , meet , admit , relieve , play , encounter , repeat , follow , dramatise , tackle , dramatize , buy out , require , read , occupy , rent , withdraw , lead , ingest , develop , carry , deal , have , subscribe to , hold , choose , learn , fill , larn , necessitate , consume , demand , consider , need , study , win , pick out , gain , contract , grow , film , remove , lease , train , ask , bring , use up , select , engage , drive , make , claim , get , get hold of , exact , take away , pack , call for , submit , convey , take aim , shoot , aim , direct , charter , contain , subscribe , produce , involve , look at , postulate , evolve , hire , guide , conduct , digest , swallow , abide , comport , tolerate , have a bun in the oven , support , live with , behave , endure , put up , stick out , expect , deport , pay , go for , stomach , birth , deliver , acquit , brook , yield , turn out , suffer , stand , gestate , give birth , consent , hit , start , resume , strickle , discover , fall upon , sorb , chance upon , come across , chance on , coin , suck , draw , expunge , seize on , walk out , fasten on , suck in , come upon , come to , collide with , excise , hook on , soak up , scoop , lift out , light upon , move , imbibe , sop up , impinge on , run into , happen upon , mint , fall , shine , scoop up , scratch , suck up , impress , attain , scoop out , affect , latch on , attach , sequester , capture , impound , lay claim , prehend , assign , confiscate , clutch , grab , appropriate , conquer , pretend , dissemble , imitate , model , copy , wear thin , dupe , put one over , fag , befool , slang , hold out , tire , wear out , put one across , move into , have on , come in , go into , break , fall apart , jade , apply , tire out , wear upon , turn in , bust , get in , wear off , gull , outwear , cod , fool , enter , wear down , weary , fatigue , mount , go in , tangle with , fag out , anticipate

Rhymes

abloom , backroom , ballroom , barroom , bathroom , bedroom , bloom , blum , blume , boardroom , boom , bridegroom , broom , broome , brume , classroom , cloakroom , consume , costume , courtroom , croom , crume , darkroom , doom , elbowroom , entomb , exhume , flume , fume , gloom , glume , groom , groome , grume , handloom , headroom , heirloom , hume , kaboom , khartoum , kume , legroom , legume , loom , lunchroom , mailroom , maktoum , mcbroom , neume , perfume , playroom , plume , presume , reassume , reaume , restroom , resume , rheaume , rheum , room , schoolroom , showroom , spoom , spume , stockroom , storeroom , sunroom , tomb , toolroom , vroom , washroom , whom , womb , workroom , zoom