# assume

Pronunciation: US say "uh-SOOM" /əˈsjuːm/; UK say "uh-SYOOM" /əˈsjuːm/

## Verb

1. To suppose that something is true, especially without proof.
   - Simple: To believe something is true without checking it or having proof.
   - _We assume the data is accurate unless our tests prove otherwise._
   - _She assumed he would be late, as usual._
2. To start holding a role or bearing a responsibility, or to come to have a particular shape or form.
   - Simple: To take on a role or duty, or begin to have a particular shape or form.
   - _He will assume command of the regiment next spring._
   - _In the fall the leaves assume shades of red and gold._
3. To put on a false quality or manner, or to claim something without any right to it.
   - Simple: To pretend to have a quality, or to take something you have no right to.
   - _Politicians often assume a humility they rarely possess._
   - _The impostor assumed a title that was never his._

## Other meanings

- (verb) To take up and support an idea or cause.
- (verb) To receive or take up a person, as into a group, family, or higher place.

## Origin

Latin joined ad- ("to, towards, at") to sūmō ("take up, assume") to make assūmō ("accept, take"), the source of the English word.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/assume (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).