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assume
verb as in believe, take for granted
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accept, conclude, consider, estimate, expect, guess, infer, presume, speculate, suspect, think, understand
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ascertain, conjecture, deduce, deem, divine, fancy, find, gather, hypothesize, imagine, judge, posit, postulate, predicate, presuppose, suppose, surmise, theorize
Weak matches
be afraid, be inclined to think, count upon, fall for, get the idea, have a hunch, have sneaking suspicion
verb as in take, undertake
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verb as in pretend
verb as in adopt, acquire
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annex, appropriate, arrogate, borrow, commandeer, confiscate, expropriate, grab, hijack, liberate, preempt, seize, snatch, swipe, usurp
Weak matches
clap hands on, get fingers on, get hands on, glom onto, grab hold of, kipe, moonlight requisition
Example Sentences
Multiple representatives called out Patel for not releasing the so-called “Epstein files,” a position for which he advocated forcefully before assuming his current role.
His turn in “Indecent Proposal” as the wealthy man who offers to rent his employee’s wife lives on as shorthand for tycoons who assume they can buy whatever, and whoever, they want.
"It would be naive to assume that there isn't a downside... If companies just use AI to find efficiencies, we're not going to see the upside to the UK economy or any economy."
When something so essential to our American life has always been there, it’s natural to assume that it is always will be there.
That means time spent taking new product photos, updating marketing and listings, communicating with clients about the change — and that’s assuming the product is good quality.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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