- present tense form of assume (3rd person singular).
assumes
Example Sentences
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Where I lose patience, though, is when a director assumes the audience doesn’t have a collective brain cell among them and attempts to get away with serving action fans a ration of gruel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The company now expects organic operating profit growth this year of 4%-6%, from 2%-6% previously, while it still assumes no translation impact on operating profit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
And that assumes you have the stomach to buy when the headlines are screaming that things are about to get worse.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
“I’m a regular person, like you,” Hal says, gazing directly through the fourth wall at the tiny people he assumes are worshipping him from afar.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
This is the fact that heptachlor, after a short period in the tissues of animals or plants or in the soil, assumes a considerably more toxic form known as heptachlor epoxide.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
