Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Presumptuous; arrogant.
- conj. On the assumption that; supposing: Assuming the house is for sale, would you buy it?
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Taking or disposed to take upon one's self more than is just; disposed to attribute to one's self undue importance; haughty; arrogant.
- Synonyms Bold, forward, presuming, self-confident.
- n. Presumption.
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of assume.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Pretentious; taking much upon one's self; presumptuous.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. excessively forward
Examples
“So the tacit implication here is that Palin didn't have the baby but because her daughter was away with mono, which I'm assuming is code for she is pregnant, and therefore after having the child the Palin's took it on as their own?”
“He can continue pouring our assets down that rat hole until the end of his term assuming he is not removed by impeachment.”
“Type in her name assuming she has a Google profile-if she doesn't, then she's just public and see which of your posts show up for her.”
“The company's Beef Roast au Jus, which I am assuming is French for "really tasty roast beef," weighed about a pound and took four agonizing minutes to prepare in a microwave - but was always well worth the wait.”
“One core element of generosity is what we call "assuming positive intent" - taking a generous point of view about why others are acting as they do.”
“re-annexation" of Texas, the term assuming that as a part of Louisiana it had always been ours since 1803.”
“Coupled with this development of a successful aircraft that airlines wanted to use, was the aforementioned arrogance of Boeing in assuming they were always going to be on top, and when the company changed CEOs and business models, things started to go south for Boeing, and for the first time Airbus was a name to be reckoned with.”
“You're absolutely right, ncferret, BUT I'm assuming from the OP's questions and general lack of knowledge of how to go about doing things in México that he will need a LOT of assistance.”
“Again assuming that they are translations and not dictation in multiple sources”
“March 5th, 2009 at 10: 59 pm fifth monarchy man: Again assuming that they are translations and not dictation”
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