- present tense form of assume (3rd person singular).
assumes
Example Sentences
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Every CMO has faced a colleague who assumes marketing amounts to the party planning committee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The model assumes that the bird needs the current climate set-up that exists in alpine meadows in the future too, a reasonable but not certain assumption.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
He assumes that, these days, the public goes to see movies or plays, watches television, or reads books either to avoid this dismal reality or absolve themselves from it.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
His long-term target assumes SpaceX’s business grows rapidly.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Without the support of old certainties and consolations, almost mechanically, he assumes the procedures and doctrines of the classroom.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
