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General (29 matching dictionaries)

1. assume: Merriam-Webster.com [home, info]
2. assume: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries [home, info]
3. assume: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
4. assume: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]
5. assume: Vocabulary.com [home, info]
6. assume: Macmillan Dictionary [home, info]
7. Assume, assume: Wordnik [home, info]
8. assume: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]
9. assume: Wiktionary [home, info]
10. assume: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
11. assume: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
12. assume: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
13. assume: Dictionary.com [home, info]
14. assume: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
15. assume: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
16. assume: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
17. Assume: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
18. Assume: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
19. assume: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
20. assume: Rhymezone [home, info]
21. assume: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
22. assume: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
23. assume: Free Dictionary [home, info]
24. assume: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
25. assume: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
26. assume: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
27. assume: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]

Business (7 matching dictionaries)

28. Assume: MoneyGlossary.com [home, info]
29. assume: Law.com Dictionary [home, info]
30. assume: Everybody's Legal Dictionary [home, info]
31. assume: Glossary of Legal Terms [home, info]
32. assume: Legal dictionary [home, info]
33. assume: Financial dictionary [home, info]
34. assume: BusinessDictionary.com [home, info]

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

35. assume: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)

36. ASSUME: Acronym Finder [home, info]
37. Assume: AbbreviationZ [home, info]
38. assume: Idioms [home, info]

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Quick definitions from Macmillan ( ) Provided by Quick definitions from WordNet (assume) ▸ verb:  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") ▸ verb:  take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities ("When will the new President assume office?") ▸ verb:  take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect ("She assumed strange manners") ▸ verb:  take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof ("I assume his train was late") ▸ verb:  Christianity, obsolete; take up someone's soul into heaven ("This is the day when May was assumed into heaven") ▸ verb:  occupy or take on ("He assumes the lotus position") ▸ verb:  make a pretence of ("She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger") ▸ verb:  take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person ▸ verb:  put clothing on one's body ("The queen assumed the stately robes") ▸ Also see assuming ▸ Word origin ▸ Words similar to assume ▸ Usage examples for assume ▸ Idioms related to assume (New!) ▸ Words that often appear near assume ▸ Rhymes of assume ▸ Invented words related to assume