What does assuming mean?
Definitions for assuming
əˈsu mɪŋas·sum·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
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
Assumingparticipial adj.
Arrogant; haughty.
Etymology: from assume.
His haughty looks, and his assuming air,
The son of Isis could no longer bear. Dryden.
ChatGPT
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
Assuming
of Assume
Assumingadjective
pretentious; taking much upon one's self; presumptuous
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'assuming' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4790
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'assuming' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4192
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of assuming in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of assuming in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of assuming in a Sentence
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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- dengan asumsiIndonesian
- предполагаяRussian
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