Synonym: adopt, believe, presume, put on, suppose, suspect, think, understand. Antonym: conclude. Similar words: assumption, resume, consume, consumer, assure, issue, tissue, dress up. Meaning: [ə'sjuːm] v. 1. take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof 2. take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities 3. take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect 4. take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person 5. occupy or take on 6. seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession 7. make a pretence of 8. take up someone's soul into heaven 9. put clothing on one's body.
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121. Finally, assume that the annual payment is invested to earn an average effective annual rate of return equal to 12 percent.
122. It was natural for Richard, as elder son, to assume responsibility for the family.
123. Furthermore, the Conservative Party was, it argued, the only party fit to assume this role.
124. Business negotiations Clearly there may be some negotiations where it would be unwise to assume that an obligation of confidence will arise.
125. For this section let us assume S-D-S preferences so that all households have the same tastes.
126. With asset sales the purchaser does not assume the liabilities except as regards employees, unless this is specifically agreed.
127. The grant of a patent can too often assume a talismanic significance for those closely involved in its conception and development.
128. We assume that other industrialized nations are going to help with money for food and other supplies.
129. We automatically assume it is in the interest of women.
130. Dogs are the leaders of the planet. If you see two life forms, one of them is making a poop, the other one's carrying it for him, who would you assume is in charge. Jerry Seinfeld
131. In addition, it seems reasonable to assume that the development will attain an occupancy rate much higher than that at present.
132. Her devotees could assume the form of horses and were also accused of riding men to death on their beds.
133. Unlucky-looking people made them uneasy and even tempted some to assume the role of misfortune.
134. He will replace acting chief administrative officer Gary Stephany, who will assume his former post of assistant administrative officer.
135. This theological argument for differentiation was to assume the greatest importance in spreading the Copernican theory.
136. McLanahan and Sandefur seem to assume, also, that only fathers can perform certain functions within the family.
137. But let us assume that all of them do and hence must be memorized.
138. Ahmed seems to assume that this larger number has arisen by duplication from the n 1 -1 8 complex.
139. Any self-declared woman-centred account or interpretation of experience can assume the status of absolute truth.
140. However, in order to do this, it follows that you must be versatile and able to assume many different roles.
141. But they also say the United States seems to assume that it should not have to compete for the key posts.
142. He would assume a new form and step into the ways of fatherhood.
143. Textbooks and newspaper articles tend to assume that there are no changes in legislation or personal circumstances in order to illustrate a principle.
144. For our purposes, we shall assume the first of these options, aerobraking to landing upon arrival at Mars.
145. When they gave political responses, we may assume that the expression of political pride was spontaneous.
145. Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find nice sentences for a large number of words.
146. They also tend to assume, conveniently, that those who will be affected by the change, have the same information.
147. Dunaway next year will assume the role of movie producer.
148. Let us assume for the sake of argument that you are not Joan Crawford.
149. They argue that to assume the worst is often to invite disaster.
150. The court may assume that your silence is an admission of guilt.