Definition: 1. Take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof. 2. Take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission. 3. Constitute reasonable evidence for. 4. Take liberties or act with too much confidence.
Use 'presume' in a sentence:
1. I presume you have all seen it.
2. I presume you sell both lines of products wholesale in each respective country.
3. I presume that this price includes all transportation and accomodation fees.
4. But you presume to know everything about me because you saw a painting of mine.
5. I felt it would be presuming on our personal relationship to keep asking her for help.
6. Rules for document retention presume paper records.
7. This is your first visit to the Fair, I presume.
8. I would not presume to have the honour.
9. Presuming on his seniority, he always imposes his ideas on [ upon] others.
10. We presume this must have happened during the night.
11. I presume I am up to this job.
12. I wouldn't presume to question your judgment.
13. Don't presume that feeling listless - or miserable - is just part of old age.
14. If a person is missing for seven years, he is presumed dead.
15. I know my place and I wouldn't presume to tell an expert how to do his job.
16. I would not presume to censure Osborne for hating his mother.
17. You had better presume no such thing.
18. Also presume that it has registered the class on the instance of the parser.
19. Dido's told you the whole sad story, I presume?
20. Her good nature can be presumed upon once too often.
21. 'Had he been home all week?' — 'I presume so.'
22. I presume that none of you have that belief.
23. I presume that's not what people meant either.
24. This logical analysis presumes the separation of subject from object.
25. Presumed experiment is an important and scientific study method.
26. It is presumed to be a device that caused a ball to roll to mark the hour when the water level rose.
27. I presume this is because they don't have quite the same fears about pregnancy.
28. I wouldn't presume to tell you how to run your own business.
29. They were obsequious and servile and did not presume to talk to their masters as if they were their equals.
30. Little is known of the youngest son; it is presumed that he died young.
31. We mustn't presume too much upon the reliability of such sources.
32. I, the humblest of thy servants, presume to teach thee?
33. Presume we are dealing with a credit evaluation and authorization system that serves.
34. So you were coming from the airport, I presume.
35. And then, I presume, we would continue to enjoy it forever.
36. I presume you're here on business.
37. We presume that substances have a real essence and underlying structure.
38. Most of us are reluctant to start these conversations because we presume the opposite.
39. The effects of migration are more complex than these theorists presume.
40. The sad thing is that people presume that a nearby stranger doesn't want to converse and don't start a conversation.
41. The legal definition of 'know' often presumes mental control.
42. "Had he been home all week?"—"I presume so."
43. I presume you advertise in the national press as well as the trade press.
44. They are very expensive, I presume?
45. We must presume innocence until we have proof of guilt.
46. In English law, a person is presumed innocent until proved guilty.
47. Not daring to presume, I beg you to render a decision.
48. The course seems to presume some previous knowledge of the subject.
49. He was reported missing, presumed dead.
50. They're resentful that outsiders presume to meddle in their affairs.
51. The arrangement presumes that both lenders and borrowers are rational.
