Meaning Of The Word Assume

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assume
verb: If someone assumes power or responsibility, they take power or responsibility.
verb: If something assumes a particular quality, it begins to have that quality.
verb: If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly.

assume in American English
to take on or put on (the appearance, form, role, etc. of)
intransitive verb: to take something for granted; presume
transitive verb: to take for granted or without proof; suppose; postulate; posit

assume in British English
to take for granted; accept without proof; suppose

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