Presume
Pronunciation
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Verb
- Template:Transitive If you presume something, you believe that it is true without evidence.
- The boy has been missing for a week, and is presumed dead.
- Template:Intransitive If you presume to do something, you do it though it is rude or wrong.
- I wouldn't presume to go to the party without an invitation.
- Template:Transitive If presumes , then requires and builds on it.
- This books presumes a basic understanding of English grammar.