What does assumed mean?
Definitions for assumed
əˈsumdas·sumed
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Princeton's WordNet
assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, shamadjective
adopted in order to deceive
"an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"
Wiktionary
assumedadjective
Used in a manner intended to deceive; fictitious.
assumedadjective
Supposed or presumed.
ChatGPT
assumed
Assumed refers to something that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without any proof or evidence. It can also refer to the action of taking on a responsibility or role, often without being formally assigned to it.
Webster Dictionary
Assumed
of Assume
Assumedadjective
supposed
Assumedadjective
pretended; hypocritical; make-believe; as, an assumed character
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'assumed' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2426
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'assumed' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4750
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Anagrams for assumed »
medusas
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of assumed in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of assumed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of assumed in a Sentence
Putin might have assumed he would be believed when he claimed his troops were simply conducting exercises and had begun to head home. Biden and his aides responded with more transparency, reporting that Putin was actually adding to his potential invasion force, not subtracting from it, contrast all of this with what possibly, or probably, would have happened had Trump still been in office.
At first we didn't believe it, we had pretty much assumed that Jakobshavn Isbrae would just keep going on as Jakobshavn Isbrae had over the last 20 years.
State Department spokesman Mark Toner:
Secretary Clinton's ethics agreement at the time [she assumed office] did not preclude other State Department officials from engaging with, or having contact with, the Clinton Foundation.
Despite being very conservative, when I joined the Carroll ISD [Independent School District] Diversity Council, they assumed I was a liberal because I’m Hispanic, what I saw shocked me. The left’s hateful ideologies were being taught to our children. I raised my voice, sounded the alarm, and joined fellow parents in fighting back.
He said that he saw the laser sight on the shoulder, assumed it was the Taser, both the gun and the Taser have a laser sight, and he just made a mistake.
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