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assume

/əˈsjuːm/

US pronunciation

American sound/əˈsjuːm/

əˈsjuːm

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

ə - ˈsjuːm -> assume

Myanmar meaning

(v) (အမှန်အဖြစ်) ယူဆသည်၊ လက်ခံသည်။ တာဝန်ယူသည်။ ပုံဖမ်းသည်။ အသွင်ဆောင်သည်။ ဟန်ဆောင်သည်။ (v[sg]) ယူဆ

Full entry

assume /ǝ'sju:m; US ǝ'su:m/ v

၁။ (အမှန်အဖြစ်) ယူဆသည်၊ လက်ခံသည်။
Why do you always assume the worst (ie that something bad has happened)? ❍ I automatically/ naturally assumed (that) he had told her. ❍ It seems reasonable to assume/ I think we can safely assume that the present situation is going to continue. ❍ I hope to go to university next year, always assuming (ie provided that) I pass my exams. ❍ She would, he assumed, be home at the usual time. ❍ We must assume him to be innocent until he is proved guilty.
၂။ (က) တာဝန်ယူသည်။ The chairman will assume office/ his new responsibilities next month. ❍ Rebel forces have assumed control of the capital.
(ခ) ပုံဖမ်းသည်။ အသွင်ဆောင်သည်။ assume a harassed look ❍ The problem is beginning to assume massive proportions (ie become very great).
(ဂ) ဟန်ဆောင်သည်။ assume ignorance/indifference/ an air of concern.
❏ assumed adj အတုအယောင်ဖြစ်သော။
He was living under an assumed name.

More examples

Everyone accepted she was telling the truth, although in fact this was quite a lot to assume.
[assume (that)] : I’m assuming everyone here has an email address.
I think we can safely assume that he is out of town.
[assume someone/something to be/do something] : I have always assumed her to be American.
This forecast assumes there will be no recession.
This score is assumed to represent the achievement of an average 7-year-old.
He formally assumes the presidency next week.
She has been invited to assume the role of mentor.
His first priority was assuming control of the army.
The animals assumed their normal resting position.
Time with the family has started to assume greater importance.
Fay assumed an air of innocence.

Synonyms

take for granted, suppose, presume, presuppose, think, guess, imagine, believe, accept, acquire, act, adopt, affect, annex, appropriate, arrogate, ascertain, attend to, be afraid, be inclined to think, begin, bluff, borrow, clap hands on, commandeer, conclude, confiscate, conjecture, consider, count upon, counterfeit, deduce, deem, divine, don, embark upon, embrace, enter upon, estimate, expect, expropriate, fake, fall for, fancy, feign, find, gather, get fingers on, get hands on, get the idea, glom onto, grab, grab hold of, have a hunch, have sneaking suspicion, hijack, hypothesize, imitate, impersonate, infer, judge, kipe, liberate, mimic, moonlight requisition, posit, postulate, predicate, preempt, pretend, put on, seize, set about, sham, shoulder, simulate, snatch, speculate, surmise, suspect, swipe, take, take on, take over, take responsibility, take up, take upon yourself, theorize, understand, undertake, usurp

Antonyms

abstain, be honest, be original, calculate, complete, conclude, differ, disbelieve, discard, disregard, doubt, end, finish, forget, give, ignore, know, leave, let alone, let go, misunderstand, neglect, not believe, not do, not take, offer, oppose, prove, reject, release, return, reverse, tell truth

Cross references

take for granted suppose presume presuppose think guess imagine believe accept acquire act adopt affect annex appropriate arrogate ascertain attend to be afraid be inclined to think begin bluff borrow clap hands on commandeer conclude confiscate conjecture

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