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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
When scientists found the skull, named Yunxian 2, they assumed it belonged to an earlier ancestor of ours, Homo erectus, the first large-brained humans.
He also called for a Palestinian state to assume "full responsibilities" for the Gaza Strip following an Israeli withdrawal and connect it with the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
“So when he opened the door and these agents are there, they just assumed he was an American citizen.”
In the days after Kirk’s killing, his wife Erika has assumed his mantle.
“If a celebrity that you admire slides into your DMs, the first thing to assume is that it’s a scam,” Sanchez-Rola said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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