assumed

adjective

as·​sumed ə-ˈsümd How to pronounce assumed (audio)
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

Examples of assumed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web There's an assumed level of risk associated with activity. Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2024 Despite widespread derision, Dolezal did not shed her assumed identity after her actual heritage was revealed. Aj Willingham, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024 One of the biggest disconnects between early-tenure employees and management is the assumed and accepted drivers of value for a business. Juliette Han, Phd, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024 But that was then — when the humiliating rejection of Trumpism during the 2022 midterms and the assumed strength of a DeSantis 2024 run had the former president appearing freshly vulnerable. Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2023 Harry Potter fans will want to take a quick detour to nearby Victoria Street, the assumed inspiration for Diagon Alley. Catherine Garcia, theweek, 13 Jan. 2024 Journalist using fake name: The San Diego case took a curious turn last month when one of the defense attorneys filed a motion claiming a local journalist has committed felonies by filling out court paperwork in an assumed name. Will Carless, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2023 The police also found designer clothes and expensive perfumes in his last hide-out, an apartment in southwestern Sicily where Mr. Messina Denaro had been living for several years under an assumed name. Gaia Pianigiani, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2023 Grix’s first and only in-person meeting with the singer came more than a year later at DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit, where she had been admitted under an assumed name, several years into a worsening and ultimately fatal battle with a rare pancreatic disease. Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 21 Apr. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1813, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of assumed was in 1813

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“Assumed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assumed. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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