assumed
past simple and past participle ofassume
| 单词 | assumed |
| 释义 | assumed past simple and past participle ofassume assume verb[T] uk/əˈsjuːm/us/əˈsuːm/assumeverb[T](ACCEPT)B2 toacceptsomething to betruewithoutquestionorproof: [+ (that)]I assumed(that)youkneweach other because you went to the sameschool. Let'sassume(that)they're coming and makeplanson thatbasis. [+ to infinitive]We can't assume thesuspectstobeguiltysimplybecause they'vedecidedtoremainsilent. We mustn't assume thesuspects'guilt. to believe someone or something
Imagining and conceiving
assumeverb[T](PRETEND TO HAVE)topretendto have a differentnameor be someone you are not, or toexpressafeelingfalsely: Moving to a differenttown, he assumed afalsename. During theinvestigation, twodetectivesassumed theidentitiesofantiquesdealers. He assumed alookofindifferencebut Iknewhow hefelt. Faking & pretending
assumeverb[T](TAKE CONTROL)C2 to take orbeginto haveresponsibilityorcontrol, sometimes without therightto do so, or tobeginto have acharacteristic: The newpresidentassumesofficeatmidnighttonight. Theterroristsassumedcontrolof theplaneandforcedit tolandin thedesert. Theissuehas assumedconsiderablepoliticalproportions(= hasbecomeabigpoliticalproblem). Controlling and being in charge
Examplesofassumedassumed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Ritual communication produces what it isassumedto portray, recreating the world by symbolic action, reinscribing the communication's participants within a world sustained by consensus. From theCambridge English Corpus The full implosion process leading to theassumedinitial conditions will be studied in another paper. From theCambridge English Corpus They areassumedto save during working periods to ensure they have sufficient income when not working. From theCambridge English Corpus The full utilization of existing private production facilities, with some renovation, wasassumedto be sufficient at this stage. From theCambridge English Corpus The search tasks, in which participants areassumedto perform operations in parallel on a single visual display are also used for the same purpose. From theCambridge English Corpus It isassumedthat the peg is infinitely rigid, and thus, deformation appears on the cart side only. From theCambridge English Corpus A cache line consists of many cells, and we haveassumedthat the whole line would be transferred. From theCambridge English Corpus The sensors areassumedto respond to the controller within the time windows to confirm that the expected state transitions have occurred. From theCambridge English Corpus Ultimately, its tenability will depend on how irrefutable theassumedsupport for the hybrid models turns out to be. From theCambridge English Corpus The stories revealed laws of mental functioning that, heassumed, would ultimately be traced to neural mechanisms. From theCambridge English Corpus It was furtherassumedthat the background turbulence is isotropic. From theCambridge English Corpus The expressions areassumedto be well typed. From theCambridge English Corpus Sequences of type variables, field declarations, parameter names, and method declarations areassumedto contain no duplicate names. From theCambridge English Corpus Rates of growth of exogenous variables areassumedequal to zero. From theCambridge English Corpus It isassumedthat the reader understands these pre-existing categories. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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