- present tense form of assume (3rd person singular).
assumes
Example Sentences
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But the action is nullified by the fact that Ono assumes the stoic posture of the Buddhist monks seen in the news at the time setting themselves aflame in protest of the Vietnam War.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
The projection "assumes no material escalation in the Middle East" and no significant jump in commodity costs, according to a slide.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
It assumes that the same genetic mechanism would still have been at work nearly 200,000 years later, at the time of the final contacts between Sapiens and Neanderthals.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
But sometimes by night he assumes a different life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
In a single blinding pulse, a moment of glory much too swift and expansive for any form of words, the singularity assumes heavenly dimensions, space beyond conception.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
