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assume
Overview of verb assume
The verb assume has 9 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (70) assume, presume, take for granted -- (take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof; "I assume his train was late")
2. (13) assume, adopt, take on, take over -- (take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?")
3. (13) assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take -- (take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables")
4. (6) bear, take over, accept, assume -- (take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility")
5. (3) assume, take, strike, take up -- (occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose")
6. assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate -- (seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died")
7. simulate, assume, sham, feign -- (make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep")
8. assume -- (take up someone's soul into heaven; "This is the day when May was assumed into heaven")
9. wear, put on, get into, don, assume -- (put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans")
Grep of noun assume
assumed name
Antonyms of verb assume
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb assume
9 senses of assume
Sense 1
assume, presume, take for granted
=> expect, anticipate
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 2
assume, adopt, take on, take over
=> take office
=> start, take up
Sense 3
assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
=> change
Sense 4
bear, take over, accept, assume
=> take
Sense 5
assume, take, strike, take up
=> move
Sense 6
assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
=> take
Sense 7
simulate, assume, sham, feign
=> dissemble, pretend, act
Sense 8
assume
=> receive, take in, invite
Sense 9
wear, put on, get into, don, assume
=> dress, get dressed
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb assume
7 of 9 senses of assume
Sense 1
assume, presume, take for granted
=> presuppose, suppose
Sense 2
assume, adopt, take on, take over
=> resume
Sense 3
assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
=> re-assume
Sense 4
bear, take over, accept, assume
=> face the music, carry-the can
Sense 6
assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
=> annex
=> appropriate, capture, seize, conquer
=> preoccupy
=> hijack
=> raid
Sense 7
simulate, assume, sham, feign
=> play
=> feint
Sense 9
wear, put on, get into, don, assume
=> hat
=> try on, try
=> scarf
=> slip on
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb assume
9 senses of assume
Sense 1
assume, presume, take for granted
=> expect, anticipate
Sense 2
assume, adopt, take on, take over
=> take office
Sense 3
assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
=> change
Sense 4
bear, take over, accept, assume
=> take
Sense 5
assume, take, strike, take up
=> move
Sense 6
assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
=> take
Sense 7
simulate, assume, sham, feign
=> dissemble, pretend, act
Sense 8
assume
=> receive, take in, invite
Sense 9
wear, put on, get into, don, assume
=> dress, get dressed
'Cause To' of verb assume
Derived Forms of verb assume
5 of 9 senses of assume
Sense 1
assume, presume, take for granted
RELATED TO>(adj) assumptive#2
=> assumed, assumptive, taken for granted(predicate)
RELATED TO>(noun) assumption#1
=> premise, premiss, assumption
RELATED TO>(noun) assumption#2
=> assumption, supposition, supposal
RELATED TO>(noun) assumption#7
=> assumption
Sense 2
assume, adopt, take on, take over
RELATED TO>(noun) assumption#3
=> assumption, laying claim
Sense 4
bear, take over, accept, assume
RELATED TO>(noun) assumption#3
=> assumption, laying claim
Sense 6
assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
RELATED TO>(noun) assumption#3
=> assumption, laying claim
Sense 8
assume
RELATED TO>(noun) Assumption#6
=> Assumption
Domain of verb assume
1 of 9 senses of assume
Sense 8
assume
TOPIC>(noun) Christianity#1, Christian religion#1
Domain Terms of verb assume
Familiarity of verb assume
assume used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count =9)
Sample Sentences of verb assume
9 senses of assume
Sense 1
assume, presume, take for granted
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 2
assume, adopt, take on, take over
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
*> Something ----s something
Sense 4
bear, take over, accept, assume
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
assume, take, strike, take up
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 6
assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 7
simulate, assume, sham, feign
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 8
assume
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 9
wear, put on, get into, don, assume
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb assume
9 senses of assume
Sense 1
assume, presume, take for granted
> expect, anticipate
=> think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess
=> assume, presume, take for granted
=> speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
=> believe, trust
Sense 2
assume, adopt, take on, take over
> take office
=> accede, enter
=> assume, adopt, take on, take over
Sense 3
assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
> change
=> freshen, refresh, refreshen, freshen up
=> dress, get dressed
=> grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
=> regenerate
=> gel
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> creolize
=> mutate
=> have, experience
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> roll, roll up
=> glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over
=> turn, grow
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse
=> change integrity
=> change shape, change form, deform
=> form
=> change state, turn
=> adjust, conform, adapt
=> rise, jump, climb up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> dissimilate
=> change magnitude
=> modify
=> deaden
=> break
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
=> mold, mildew
=> hydrate
=> dry, dry out
=> strengthen
=> distill, distil
=> deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce
=> crack
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> oxidise, oxidize, oxidate
=> grow
=> mellow, melt, mellow out
=> soften
=> ionize, ionise
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> lighten, lighten up
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
=> discolor
=> narrow, contract
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten
=> dim
=> crack, check, break
=> transpire
=> resume, take up
=> change surface
=> sublime, sublimate
=> cool, cool off, cool down
=> warm up
=> warm, warm up
=> transform, transmute, metamorphose
=> convert
=> dull
=> complexify, ramify
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> modernize, modernise, develop
=> stiffen
=> tighten
=> fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
=> give way, yield
=> harden, indurate
=> harden, indurate
=> suffuse
=> hush
=> normalize, normalise
=> reorient
=> purify
=> digest
=> regress
=> foul
=> decalcify
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> decarboxylate
=> spot
=> receive, get, find, obtain, incur
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
=> prim
=> capacitate
=> caseate
=> caseate
=> clinker
=> cure
=> dawn
=> salinate
=> desalinate, desalt, desalinize, desalinise
=> shallow, shoal
=> steepen
=> superannuate
=> ulcerate
=> vitrify
=> vulcanize, vulcanise
=> pall, dull
=> die, pall, become flat
=> saponify
=> move, go, run
=> come
=> catch
=> catch on
=> develop, grow
=> fly
=> develop, acquire, evolve
=> assibilate
=> smoothen
=> turn on
=> drop
=> break into
=> deepen, change
=> concretize, concretise
=> decay
=> commute, transpose
=> introject
=> shift
=> swing
=> fall
=> fall
=> reflate
=> hydrolyze, hydrolyse
=> fold, fold up
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise
=> obsolesce
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> recede
=> defervesce
=> incandesce
=> calcify
=> drift
=> play out
=> conjugate
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> indurate
=> gradate
=> keratinize, keratinise
=> opacify
=> mature
=> rejuvenate
=> sequester
=> transaminate
=> vesiculate
=> undulate
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> crash
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> shift
=> flip, flip out
=> gum
=> synthesize
=> come round, come around
=> promote
=> separate, divide, part
=> format, arrange
=> fall for
=> move up, rise
=> change posture
=> settle
=> collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
=> solarize, solarise
=> occult
=> pass
=> leave, depart, pull up stakes
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> stratify
=> democratize, democratise
=> relax, loosen
=> reticulate
=> flocculate
=> carbonate
=> come in
=> go out
=> stagnate
=> make
=> ice up, frost over, ice over
Sense 4
bear, take over, accept, assume
> take
=> adopt, take in
=> take away
=> take back, repossess
=> collect, take in
=> impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize
=> sequester
=> pocket
=> bear, take over, accept, assume
=> snap up, snaffle, grab
=> recall, call in, call back, withdraw
=> deprive, strip, divest
=> unburden
Sense 5
assume, take, strike, take up
> move
=> move involuntarily, move reflexively
=> quicken
=> stretch, stretch out
=> snap, click, flick
=> flex, bend
=> spread, propagate
=> reach, reach out
=> putter, potter, potter around, putter around
=> dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
=> drop back
=> hit the dirt, hit the deck
=> gravitate
=> fly
=> move over, give way, give, ease up, yield
=> cut to
=> lurch, pitch, shift
=> jolt, jar
=> duck
=> bob
=> wallow, welter
=> writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
=> wobble, coggle
=> sidle, sashay
=> sidle
=> sweep, sail
=> brush, sweep
=> wamble, waggle
=> chop
=> reciprocate
=> move back and forth
=> nod
=> pulsate, beat, quiver
=> beat, pound, thump
=> teeter, seesaw, totter
=> buck, jerk, hitch
=> cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
=> careen, wobble, shift, tilt
=> churn, boil, moil, roil
=> steal, slip
=> shake, agitate
=> vibrate
=> jerk, twitch
=> flip, twitch
=> snap, click
=> stir, shift, budge, agitate
=> arouse, stir
=> dance
=> stumble, trip
=> falter, waver
=> roll, undulate, flap, wave
=> mill, mill about, mill around
=> turn
=> startle, jump, start
=> mope, mope around
=> hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride
=> climb
=> strike out
=> jump, leap, bound, spring
=> bolt
=> get down
=> assume, take, strike, take up
=> seesaw
=> displace
=> exit, go out, get out, leave
=> separate, part, split
=> diverge
=> list, lean
=> whirl, tumble, whirl around
=> close, come together
=> bustle, bustle about, hustle
=> fidget
=> linger, dawdle
=> flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
=> lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust
=> swoop
=> flow, flux
=> run, flow, feed, course
=> flurry
=> streak
=> heave
=> crash
=> thunder
=> snap
=> beat, flap
=> fling
=> hop
=> turn
=> dodge
=> dodge
=> throw
=> make way
=> dance
=> grab
=> cut
=> close
=> jump, leap, jump off
Sense 6
assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
> take
=> rescue
=> scale
=> extort
=> assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
=> recapture, retake
=> relieve
=> steal
=> plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
=> sack, plunder
Sense 7
simulate, assume, sham, feign
> dissemble, pretend, act
=> simulate, assume, sham, feign
Sense 8
assume
> receive, take in, invite
=> welcome
=> absorb
=> see
=> assume
=> induct
Sense 9
wear, put on, get into, don, assume
> dress, get dressed
=> dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out, overdress
=> dress, dress up
=> dress down, underdress
=> prink
=> bundle up
=> wear, put on, get into, don, assume
=> cross-dress
=> dandify
=> change
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb assume
Sense 1
assume, presume, take for granted
=> expect, anticipate
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Sense 2
assume, adopt, take on, take over
=> take office
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Sense 3
assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
=> change
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Sense 4
bear, take over, accept, assume
=> take
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Sense 5
assume, take, strike, take up
=> move
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Sense 6
assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
=> take
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Sense 7
simulate, assume, sham, feign
=> dissemble, pretend, act
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Sense 8
assume
=> receive, take in, invite
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Sense 9
wear, put on, get into, don, assume
=> dress, get dressed
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Grep of verb assume
assume
re-assume
Grep of adj assume
assumed
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