- present tense form of assume (3rd person singular).
assumes
Example Sentences
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Note: Assumes a 20% down payment and a 33% debt-to-income ratio.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Top chart note: Assumes adaptations to hotter temperatures.
From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2021
Assumes facts not yet in evidence, does it not.
From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2018
Assumes the God, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres, are chosen in the following ode, because the subject of it is great.
From The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 by Young, Edward
But now it lives and brightens, Assumes a livelier hue; The pavements wide, On either side, Would seem to feel it too.
From Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis by Davis, Charles Belmont
