What does assumed mean?

Definitions for assumed
əˈsumdas·sumed

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. 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

  1. assumedadjective

    Used in a manner intended to deceive; fictitious.

  2. assumedadjective

    Supposed or presumed.

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  1. 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

  1. Assumed

    of Assume

  2. Assumedadjective

    supposed

  3. Assumedadjective

    pretended; hypocritical; make-believe; as, an assumed character

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'assumed' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2426

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'assumed' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4750

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of assumed in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of assumed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of assumed in a Sentence

  1. Eugene Robinson:

    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.

  2. Ala Khazendar:

    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.

  3. 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.

  4. Victor Avila:

    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.

  5. Clark Brewster:

    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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