1
: not true or real : deliberately pretended or feigned
an assumed cheerfulness
an assumed air of indifference
: false, fictitious
an assumed name
2
: taken for granted : supposed
the assumed reason for his absence
assumedly
adverb
The hotel has seven rentable rooms on the third floor, assumedly for those who need to render themselves supine after an attack on the elaborate fare.
—
Horace Sutton
Horace Sutton
Examples of assumed in a Sentence
an assumed connection between the two species that has yet to be confirmed by fossil findings
the salesclerk's assumed friendliness vanished as soon as I assured her I was just looking
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Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
That’s on top of an assumed 3% pay increase from the state.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2025
From there, the team compared the more accurate porpoise references with the assumed geographical sightings to create a chronological order.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 5 May 2025
The assumed owner of the vehicle rushed over to the car and hopped inside as the repo man continued to do his job.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for assumed
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“Assumed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assumed. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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