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| Main Entry: | assume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | believe, take for granted |
| Synonyms: | accept, ascertain, conclude, conjecture, consider, deduce, deem, divine, estimate, expect, fall for, fancy, find, gather, guess, imagine, infer, judge, postulate, predicate, presume, presuppose, speculate, suppose, surmise, suspect, theorize, think, understand, be afraid, be inclined to think, count upon, get the idea, have a hunch, have sneaking suspicion, hypothesize, posit |
| Notes: | assume means 'suppose to be the case, without proof; take for granted'; presume means 'suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability; take for granted that something exists or is the case' |
| Antonyms: | doubt, not believe |
| Main Entry: | assume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take, undertake |
| Synonyms: | accept, acquire, appropriate, arrogate, begin, confiscate, don, embrace, enter upon, seize, take on, take up, attend to, embark upon, set about, take over |
| Antonyms: | not do |
| Main Entry: | assume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend |
| Synonyms: | act, adopt, affect, bluff, counterfeit, fake, feign, imitate, impersonate, mimic, pretend, put on, simulate |
| Main Entry: | assume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adopt, acquire |
| Synonyms: | annex, appropriate, arrogate, borrow, commandeer, confiscate, expropriate, grab, hijack, liberate, preempt, seize, snatch, swipe, usurp, clap hands on, get fingers on, get hands on, glom onto, grab hold of, kipe, moonlight requisition, take over |
| Antonyms: | leave, let alone, not take |
| Main Entry: | accept |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | receive by agreeing, consenting |
| Synonyms: | accede, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, adopt, affirm, agree to, approve, assent, assume, avow, bear, buy, check out*, comply, go for*, okay, recognize, sign, take on*, thumbs up*, undertake, concur with, cooperate with, give stamp of approval, give the go-ahead, give the green light, give the nod, lap up, rubber-stamp, set store by, sign off on, take one up on |
| Antonyms: | decline, disagree, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adopt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | choose or take something as one's own |
| Synonyms: | accept, adapt, affiliate, affirm, appropriate, approve, assent, assume, borrow, embrace, endorse, espouse, follow, imitate, maintain, mimic, opt, ratify, seize, select, support, take on, take up, tap, use, utilize, go down the line, go in for, take over |
| Antonyms: | disown, reject, repudiate, repulse, leave alone |
| Main Entry: | affect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend, imitate |
| Synonyms: | act, adopt, assume, bluff, contrive, counterfeit, fake, feign, put on, sham*, simulate, take on, aspire to, do a bit, lay it on thick, make out like, playact, put up a front |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | anticipate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expect; predict |
| Synonyms: | assume, await, bargain for*, conjecture, count on, divine, entertain*, figure, forecast, foresee, foretell, jump the gun*, prognosticate, prophesy, see, suppose, visualize, wait, be afraid, count chickens, cross the bridge, foretaste, have a hunch, hope for, look for, look forward to, plan on, prepare for, prevision, promise oneself, see coming, see in the cards, wait for |
| Antonyms: | doubt, be amazed, be surprised |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arrogate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | claim without justification |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, assume, commandeer, confiscate, demand, expropriate, preempt, presume, seize, take, usurp, accroach |
| Antonyms: | appropriate, give, hand over |
| Main Entry: | bank on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depend upon |
| Synonyms: | assume, count on, stake, trust, venture, wager, be sure about, believe in, bet on, build on, gamble on, lean on, look to, reckon on, rely on |
| Main Entry: | borrow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adopt from another source; appropriate |
| Synonyms: | acquire, adopt, assume, copy, filch, imitate, make one's own, obtain, pilfer, pirate, plagiarize, simulate, steal, take, use, usurp |
| Antonyms: | give, return |
| Main Entry: | calculate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan on |
| Synonyms: | aim, anticipate, assume, bank on, build, count on, design, intend, judge, plan, reckon, suppose, trust, depend on, rely on, think likely |
| Main Entry: | commandeer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seize, take over |
| Synonyms: | activate, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, confiscate, conscript, draft, enslave, expropriate, grab, hijack, liberate, preempt, requisition, sequester, snatch, take, usurp, accroach, moonlight requisition, sequestrate |
| Main Entry: | conceive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand |
| Synonyms: | accept, appreciate, apprehend, assume, believe, catch, compass, comprehend, deem, dig, envisage, expect, fancy, feel, follow, gather, get, grasp, imagine, judge, perceive, realize, reckon, suppose, suspect, take, twig |
| Antonyms: | misunderstand, not believe |
| Main Entry: | conclude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decide, deduce |
| Synonyms: | add up to, adjudge, analyze, assume, collect, derive, draw, figure, gather, infer, judge, make, make out, presume, reason, reckon, sum up, suppose, surmise, be afraid, boil down to, have a hunch, intuit, ratiocinate, the way one sees it |
| Main Entry: | confiscate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal; seize |
| Synonyms: | annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, expropriate, grab, hijack, impound, liberate, preempt, sequester, swipe, take, usurp, accroach, confisticate, glom on to, moonlight requisition, possess oneself of, sequestrate, take over |
| Antonyms: | give, offer |
| Main Entry: | conjecture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speculate |
| Synonyms: | assume, believe, conceive, conclude, deem, estimate, expect, fancy, feel*, figure, gather, glean, guess, imagine, infer, judge, presume, pretend, suppose, surmise, suspect, theorize, think, guesstimate, hazard a guess, hypothesize, take a shot, take a stab, take for granted |
| Antonyms: | prove |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | counterfeit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make deceitful imitation |
| Synonyms: | Xerox*, affect, ape, assume, bluff, carbon, cheat, clone, coin, copy, defraud, delude, ditto, do, dupe, fabricate, fake, feign, forge, imitate, impersonate, knock off*, mimic, mint, phony*, pretend, put on*, sham, simulate, act like, circulate bad money, do like, go like, make like, make money, mimeo, phony up, stat |
| Antonyms: | be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deduce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | figure out, understand |
| Synonyms: | analyze, assume, cogitate, collect, conceive, conclude, consider, deduct, deem, derive, draw, fancy, figure, gather, glean, imagine, infer, judge, make, make out, presume, presuppose, reason, regard, surmise, add up, be afraid, boil down, have a hunch, ratiocinate, read into, take to mean |
| Main Entry: | deem |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regard, consider |
| Synonyms: | account, allow, appraise, assume, believe, calculate, conceive, conjecture, credit, divine, esteem, estimate, expect, feel, guess, hold, imagine, judge, know, presume, reckon, sense, suppose, surmise, suspect, think, understand, view, be afraid, daresay, set store by |
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