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assumptive

assumptive adjective: held as true or valid without evidence.

Adjective

assumptive (comparative more assumptive, superlative most assumptive)

  1. Held as true or valid without evidence.
  2. Forward or presumptuous.
  3. (not comparable) Originally, being arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College.

assumptive meaning in Tamil

assumptive in Tamil

தற்கோளான, ஊகிக்கப்பட்ட, செருக்குடைய

Forms of assumptive

comparativemore assumptive
superlativemost assumptive

Origin of assumptive

From as- + Latin sūmptus + -ive, from past participle of sūmō (“to take”).

Words formed from assumptive

Questions about assumptive

What does assumptive mean?
Assumptive means held as true or valid without evidence.
What is assumptive in Tamil?
Assumptive in Tamil is தற்கோளான, ஊகிக்கப்பட்ட, செருக்குடைய. See Assumptive meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is assumptive?
Assumptive is an adjective.

Words near assumptive in the dictionary

  1. Assumptionist
  2. Assumptionists
  3. assumptions
  4. assumptious
  5. assumptiousness
  6. assumptive
  7. assumptively
  8. assumptiveness
  9. assumpts
  10. assur
  11. assur'd

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Adapted from Wiktionary: assumptive (page history and authors); assumptive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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