What does assuming mean?

Definitions for assuming
əˈsu mɪŋas·sum·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. assumptive, assuming, presumptuousadjective

    excessively forward

    "an assumptive person"; "on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide"; "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Assumingparticipial adj.

    Arrogant; haughty.

    Etymology: from assume.

    His haughty looks, and his assuming air,
    The son of Isis could no longer bear. Dryden.

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  1. assuming

    Assuming is the act of accepting or concluding something to be true without a full proof or evidence, usually in preparation for or as a premise of an argument, action, or statement. It can also refer to the action of taking responsibility or control.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Assuming

    of Assume

  2. Assumingadjective

    pretentious; taking much upon one's self; presumptuous

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'assuming' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4790

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'assuming' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4192

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of assuming in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of assuming in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of assuming in a Sentence

  1. Jonathan Neame:

    Everybody is assuming that there will be a swift and decisive announcement that puts this issue to bed, or at least provides people with reassurance, if there's not, that person will come under very considerable pressure.

  2. Nick Mooney:

    Assuming the footage is authentic, the animal is either a very large spotted-tailed quoll or a small thylacine, i am happy to suggest that based on this limited analysis of the film, there is perhaps a one in three chance the image is of a thylacine.

  3. Jim Villella:

    Donald Trump got to get immigration under control. They have to pass a good immigration law people are coming over the border outside of the checkpoints and assuming they can come right in, cut the line in front of people who have been waiting for years.

  4. Rob Portman:

    The President should not have raised the Hunter Biden in Ukraine issue on that call, period. It's not appropriate for a president to engage a foreign government in an investigation of a political opponent, i don't view it as an impeachable offense. I think the House, frankly, rushed to impeachment assuming certain things.

  5. Cindy Cooper:

    The benefit outweighs the risk at this point, assuming we take normal precautions, to all get together and have social interaction - the residents have very little social life, they are in their 90s and this was a good friend of theirs for 50 years.

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