Presume
verb
To think that something is likely to be true, even though you are not certain.
From his expression, I presume he did not agree with the decision.
Often appears as...
- presume that
- presume he/she/it
verb
To behave in a way that shows that you feel you have the right to do something.
I wouldn't presume to tell her what to do.
Often appears as...
- presume to do
- presume on/upon someone's good nature
verb
In law, to accept that something is true until it is proved not to be.
In the court of law, you are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Often appears as...
- presumed innocent
- presumed guilty
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Approving
Legal
verb
In computing, to give a machine or program an instruction to assume a default value.
You can presume a default setting in the software installation process.
Often appears as...
- presume default setting
- presume system requirement
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Technical
verb
To think that something is likely to be true, even though you are not certain.
From his expression, I presume he did not agree with the decision.
Often appears as...
- presume that
- presume he/she/it
verb
To behave in a way that shows that you feel you have the right to do something.
I wouldn't presume to tell her what to do.
Often appears as...
- presume to do
- presume on/upon someone's good nature
verb
In law, to accept that something is true until it is proved not to be.
In the court of law, you are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Often appears as...
- presumed innocent
- presumed guilty
Usage tips
Approving
Legal
verb
In computing, to give a machine or program an instruction to assume a default value.
You can presume a default setting in the software installation process.
Often appears as...
- presume default setting
- presume system requirement
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Uncertain Belief
Use 'presume' to express a belief when you're not completely sure, but have some reasons.
I can cancel my trip, as I presume the conference will be postponed.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Confirm
'Presume' generally doesn't require evidence, unlike 'prove' or 'confirm'.
We presume she’s coming, though she hasn’t confirmed.
Pro Tip 3/3Suggest Diplomacy
Use 'presume' to sound more polite and less assertive than saying 'assume'.
I presume you've finished the project, or is there more to do?
Pro Tip 1/3Uncertain Belief
Use 'presume' to express a belief when you're not completely sure, but have some reasons.
I can cancel my trip, as I presume the conference will be postponed.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Confirm
'Presume' generally doesn't require evidence, unlike 'prove' or 'confirm'.
We presume she’s coming, though she hasn’t confirmed.
Pro Tip 3/3Suggest Diplomacy
Use 'presume' to sound more polite and less assertive than saying 'assume'.
I presume you've finished the project, or is there more to do?
Pro Tip 1/3Uncertain Belief
Use 'presume' to express a belief when you're not completely sure, but have some reasons.
I can cancel my trip, as I presume the conference will be postponed.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Confirm
'Presume' generally doesn't require evidence, unlike 'prove' or 'confirm'.
We presume she’s coming, though she hasn’t confirmed.
Pro Tip 3/3Suggest Diplomacy
Use 'presume' to sound more polite and less assertive than saying 'assume'.
I presume you've finished the project, or is there more to do?
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How to raise a Black son...
and not just to signal surrender, and that the only thing we should give up is the idea that we aren't worthy of this world. So when we say that black lives matter, it's not because others don't, it's simply because we must affirm that we are worthy of existing without fear, when so many things tell us we are not. I want to live in a world where my son will not be presumed guilty the moment he is born,
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Elon Musk: A future...
Any goods and services will be available to anyone who wants them. It'll be so cheap to have goods and services, it will be ridiculous. I'm presuming it should be possible to imagine a bunch of goods and services that can't profitably be made now but could be made in that world,
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Ray Anderson: The...
with one simple but profound message, which I presume to share with you. We are, each and every one, a part of the web of life. The continuum of humanity, sure, but in a larger sense, the web of life itself. And we have a choice to make during our brief, brief visit
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The opportunity of...
is about emerging on the other side of a challenging experience unscathed or unmarked by the experience, as if my successes in life have come about from an ability to sidestep or circumnavigate the presumed pitfalls of a life with prosthetics,
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Safari Live - Day 380 PIPE...
mounds but it's actually really difficult to see them using the infrared camera they're big or you can just see them poke an eye behind the termite man they are that hot oranjee blob is of course husana never I can only presume
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Nature Dates: Jack...
To get started bird-watching, you do need a pair of binoculars, and you can spend a lot, but you don't need a flash pair. You just need something to get you started. Yeah. A lot of people presume that the most important sense
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It's OK to feel...
I've gotten used to a world without the love of my life in it. We can adapt. And I keep using that line as a touchstone for myself, because I don't know, nor do I presume to know, what the world is going to be after this.
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Laws that choke...
for most of the history of trespass law, by presuming it protects the land all the way down below and to an indefinite extent upward. Now, that was a pretty good system for most of the history of the regulation of land,
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The three rules of...
decide let's make sure we aim for these three rules of productive discourse number one neither of us has the answer if we did we wouldn't be having this conversation it presumes our mutual ignorant not that
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The business logic of...
forget that you will someday come live here too well every day of my life since tomorrow's child has spoken to me with one simple but profound message which I presume to share with you we are
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How to raise a Black son...
and not just to signal surrender, and that the only thing we should give up is the idea that we aren't worthy of this world. So when we say that black lives matter, it's not because others don't, it's simply because we must affirm that we are worthy of existing without fear, when so many things tell us we are not. I want to live in a world where my son will not be presumed guilty the moment he is born,
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Elon Musk: A future...
Any goods and services will be available to anyone who wants them. It'll be so cheap to have goods and services, it will be ridiculous. I'm presuming it should be possible to imagine a bunch of goods and services that can't profitably be made now but could be made in that world,
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Ray Anderson: The...
with one simple but profound message, which I presume to share with you. We are, each and every one, a part of the web of life. The continuum of humanity, sure, but in a larger sense, the web of life itself. And we have a choice to make during our brief, brief visit
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The opportunity of...
is about emerging on the other side of a challenging experience unscathed or unmarked by the experience, as if my successes in life have come about from an ability to sidestep or circumnavigate the presumed pitfalls of a life with prosthetics,
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Safari Live - Day 380 PIPE...
mounds but it's actually really difficult to see them using the infrared camera they're big or you can just see them poke an eye behind the termite man they are that hot oranjee blob is of course husana never I can only presume
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Nature Dates: Jack...
To get started bird-watching, you do need a pair of binoculars, and you can spend a lot, but you don't need a flash pair. You just need something to get you started. Yeah. A lot of people presume that the most important sense
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It's OK to feel...
I've gotten used to a world without the love of my life in it. We can adapt. And I keep using that line as a touchstone for myself, because I don't know, nor do I presume to know, what the world is going to be after this.
Video examples
Laws that choke...
for most of the history of trespass law, by presuming it protects the land all the way down below and to an indefinite extent upward. Now, that was a pretty good system for most of the history of the regulation of land,
Video examples
The three rules of...
decide let's make sure we aim for these three rules of productive discourse number one neither of us has the answer if we did we wouldn't be having this conversation it presumes our mutual ignorant not that
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The business logic of...
forget that you will someday come live here too well every day of my life since tomorrow's child has spoken to me with one simple but profound message which I presume to share with you we are
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Sonya Walger
English Actress
Lost' holds a very special place in people's hearts and I wouldn't presume to say that 'FlashForward' will replace 'Lost.' I think it provides a lot of the same adrenaline and fascination and entertainment. It will help ease the pain of losing 'Lost!' I think it will appeal to the very same audience.
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Lysander Spooner
American Philosopher
No court presumes to tell a jury that they are to try a capital case with the same indifference and unconcern as to consequences, that they would a case where the results of their decision would be less important.
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Gary Herbert
American Politician
Utah has benefited from setting smart tax policy. That said, public finding is dynamic enough that we cannot just set the tax policy and presume that it does not require continual review and adjustment.
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Abraham Lincoln
American President
Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we, as a people, can be engaged in.
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Smriti Irani
Indian Politician
Industry people do know when a PR movement plays out. The issue is that it is an insult to our intelligence when those who are doing the PR thing presume that we are not wiser.
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Franz Liszt
Hungarian Composer
The character of instrumental music... lets the emotions radiate and shine in their own character without presuming to display them as real or imaginary representations.
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Clint Smith
American Writer
I want to live in a world where my son will not be presumed guilty the moment he is born, where a toy in his hand isn't mistaken for anything other than a toy.
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Nick Frost
English Actor
People presume just because you're a bigger bloke that you wouldn't be physically fit or up for the fight, but that couldn't be further from the truth.
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Marshall Goldsmith
American Coach
When we presume that we are better than people who need structure and guidance, we lack one of the most crucial ingredients for change: humility.
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Manisha Koirala
Nepalese Actress
Earlier, I was traveling all over the world. Then I got married. Everyone presumed I had lost interest in my career. That was not true.
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Sonya Walger
English Actress
Lost' holds a very special place in people's hearts and I wouldn't presume to say that 'FlashForward' will replace 'Lost.' I think it provides a lot of the same adrenaline and fascination and entertainment. It will help ease the pain of losing 'Lost!' I think it will appeal to the very same audience.
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Lysander Spooner
American Philosopher
No court presumes to tell a jury that they are to try a capital case with the same indifference and unconcern as to consequences, that they would a case where the results of their decision would be less important.
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Gary Herbert
American Politician
Utah has benefited from setting smart tax policy. That said, public finding is dynamic enough that we cannot just set the tax policy and presume that it does not require continual review and adjustment.
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Abraham Lincoln
American President
Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we, as a people, can be engaged in.
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Smriti Irani
Indian Politician
Industry people do know when a PR movement plays out. The issue is that it is an insult to our intelligence when those who are doing the PR thing presume that we are not wiser.
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Franz Liszt
Hungarian Composer
The character of instrumental music... lets the emotions radiate and shine in their own character without presuming to display them as real or imaginary representations.
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Clint Smith
American Writer
I want to live in a world where my son will not be presumed guilty the moment he is born, where a toy in his hand isn't mistaken for anything other than a toy.
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Nick Frost
English Actor
People presume just because you're a bigger bloke that you wouldn't be physically fit or up for the fight, but that couldn't be further from the truth.
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Marshall Goldsmith
American Coach
When we presume that we are better than people who need structure and guidance, we lack one of the most crucial ingredients for change: humility.
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Manisha Koirala
Nepalese Actress
Earlier, I was traveling all over the world. Then I got married. Everyone presumed I had lost interest in my career. That was not true.
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