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assumeverb to take to or upon oneselfwe promised to assume responsibility for any damage to the flower beds caused by the volleyball game in the backyard accept, bear, shoulder, take over, undertake adopt, embrace, take upadvocate, back, champion, endorse(also indorse), espouse, stand by, support, upholdaccede, acquiesce, agree, assent, consentreaccept, reassume disavow, disclaim, disown, repudiate abjure, recant, renounce, retract, take back, unsay, withdrawdecline, refuse, reject, spurn, turn downabstain (from), forbear, refrain (from)avoid, bypass, detourabandon, abnegate, forsake, give up, relinquish, spurn, surrenderback down, back off, backtrack to take as true or as a fact without actual proofeveryone assumed, wrongly, that someone else was bringing dessert hypothecate, hypothesize, postulate, premise, presume, presuppose, say, suppose accept, believe, credit, swallowconclude, deduce, gather, infer, judge, takeconjecture, figure, guess, reckon(chiefly dialect), surmise, suspect, suspicion(chiefly dialect), thinkconceive, dream, fancy, imagine, perceive, preconceivespeculate, theorizeaffirm, allege, assert, aver, avouch, avow, claim, contend, declare, insist, maintain, profess take for granted challenge, controvert, disagree (with), disbelieve, discount, discredit, dispute, distrust, doubt, mistrust, question, wonder (about)deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, reject, repudiatebelie, confute, disprove, rebut, refute to form an opinion from little or no evidenceas I just assumed it was too late to go out, I didn't think to ask conjecture, daresay, guess, imagine, presume, speculate, suppose, surmise, suspect, suspicion(chiefly dialect) conclude, deduce, gather, inferhypothecate, hypothesize, theorizebelieve, conceive, expect, judge, reckon(chiefly dialect), take, think demonstrate, document, establish, prove, substantiate, validateascertain, determine, find out, learn to present a false appearance ofshe assumed an air of nonchalance even though she was wildly ecstatic she was going on the date act, affect, bluff, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, feign, pass (for), pretend, profess, put on, sham, simulate dissimulate, impersonate, let on, masquerade, play, playact, poseforge, imitatecamouflage, conceal, disguise, maskfeintmalinger make believe to provide with a paying jobassumed as partner by the prestigious law firm employ, engage, fee(chiefly Scottish), hire, lay on(chiefly British), pay, place, recruit, retain, sign (up or on), take on reemploy, reengage, rehireapprentice, contract, job, partner, subcontractenlistadvance, promote, upgradekeep (on)headhunt, scout ax(or axe), can, discharge, dismiss, fire, sack furlough, lay off, lock out assume, affect, pretend, simulate, feign, counterfeit, sham mean to put on a false or deceptive appearance.assume often implies a justifiable motive rather than an intent to deceive.assumed an air of cheerfulness around the patients affect implies making a false show of possessing, using, or feeling.affected an interest in art pretend implies an overt and sustained false appearance.pretended that nothing had happened simulate suggests a close imitation of the appearance of something.cosmetics that simulate a suntan feign implies more artful invention than pretend, less specific mimicry than simulate.feigned sickness counterfeit implies achieving the highest degree of verisimilitude of any of these words.an actor counterfeiting drunkenness sham implies an obvious falseness that fools only the gullible.shammed a most unconvincing limp in the 15th century |