presumes
- 1Third-person singular present of presume.
The law presumes a person innocent until the evidence proves otherwise.
He presumes far more goodwill from strangers than they actually offer.
Note
Every construction of presume survives in the -s form, and what follows the verb tells you which meaning is in play. Before to and an infinitive it signals audacity: she presumes to correct the judge. Before an object or a that-clause it means supposing without proof: the plan presumes good weather. With on or upon it means taking liberties: he presumes on their kindness.
She presumes to correct the judge in his own courtroom.
He presumes on his neighbors' kindness every winter.
presumes is a form of presume
presume, verb: To take something to be true without proof, or to suppose it on the basis of what seems likely. Full entry
- Spelling
- presume → presumes: add -s
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