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Showing words for PRESUME using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Presume

presume, supreme

6 Letter Words for Presume

empuse, emures, persue, peruse, purees, respue, resume, rupees, semper, sumper

5 Letter Words for Presume

emeus, emure, epeus, erump, meers, meres, merse, meuse, mures, muser, peers, peres, perms, perse, prees, puers, puree, purse, remue, remus, resue, resup, reuse, rumes, rumps, rupee, serum, smeer, speer, sperm, spree, sprue, spume, sumer, super, upsee

4 Letter Words for Presume

emer, emes, emeu, emus, eres, erme, erse, eure, meer, mere, mese, meus, mure, muse, peer, pees, pere, perm, pers, peru, pree, prem, pres, puer, pure, purs, reem, rees, rems, reps, resp, rsum, rues, rume, rump, rums, ruse, seem, seep, seer, seme, sere, smee, smur, spue, spur, suer, sump, supe, supr, sure, umps, ures, urps, usee, user

3 Letter Words for Presume

eer, eme, emp, ems, emu, ere, ers, ese, esm, esp, esr, esu, mee, mer, mes, meu, mrs, mus, pee, per, pes, pms, pre, prs, pur, pus, ree, rem, rep, res, rms, rpm, rps, rue, rum, see, sem, sep, ser, sue, sum, sup, sur, ume, ump, ums, ups, ure, urp, urs, use

Definitions for Presume

[1] to take for granted, assume, or suppose: I presume you're tired after your drive.
[2] Law . to assume as true in the absence of proof to the contrary.
[3] to undertake with unwarrantable boldness.
[4] to undertake (to do something) without right or permission: to presume to speak for another.
[5] to take something for granted; suppose.
[6] to act or proceed with unwarrantable or impertinent boldness.
[7] to go too far in acting unwarrantably or in taking liberties (usually followed by on or upon ): Do not presume upon his tolerance.
[8] (when tr, often takes a clause as object) to take (something) for granted; assume
[9] (when tr, often foll by an infinitive) to take upon oneself (to do something) without warrant or permission; dare do you presume to copy my work?
[10] (intr; foll by on or upon) to rely or depend don't presume on his agreement
[11] law to take as proved until contrary evidence is produced

Words related to Presume

guess, assume, pretend, suppose, infer, surmise, conjecture, trust, depend, consider, figure, conclude, gather, rely, premise, posit, postulate, speculate, presuppose, think

Words nearby Presume

prestressed concrete, prestwich, prestwick, presumable, presumably, presume, presumed ocular histoplasmosis, presuming, presumption, presumption of fact, presumption of innocence

Origin of Presume

1300–50; Middle English presumen (< Old French presumer ) < Latin praesūmere to take beforehand (Late Latin: take for granted, assume, dare), equivalent to prae- pre- + sūmere to take up, suppose (see consume)

Other words from Presume

pre·sum·ed·ly [pri-zoo -mid-lee] /prɪˈzu mɪd li/ , adverb
pre·sum·er , noun
un·pre·sumed , adjective

Word origin for Presume

C14: via Old French from Latin praesūmere to take in advance, from prae before + sūmere to assume

Synonyms for Presume

assume, count on, guess, infer, pretend, suppose, surmise, conclude, conjecture, consider, depend, figure, gather, posit, postulate, predicate, premise, presuppose, rely, speculate, think, trust, bank on, be afraid, jump the gun, take for granted, take it