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presume

🇬🇧 UK/pri'zu:m/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To suppose something is true without proof; to act with undue boldness or without permission.

假定,推测;擅自,冒昧

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
prebefore
+
sumtake, consume, use up
+
econnector
=presume

Common Collocations

  • 1.presume innocence推定无罪
  • 2.presume dead推定死亡
  • 3.presume to know自以为知道
  • 4.[presume too much]过于自以为是

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    I presume you've already read the report before this meeting.

  • 2.

    He was presumed innocent until the evidence proved otherwise.

  • 3.

    I wouldn't presume to tell you how to run your own business.

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