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misassume

misassume verb: to assume incorrectly.

Verb

misassume (third-person singular simple present misassumes, present participle misassuming, simple past and past participle misassumed)

  1. (transitive) To assume incorrectly.

Forms of misassume

third-person singular presentmisassumes
present participlemisassuming
past participlemisassumed
pastmisassumed

Origin of misassume

From mis- + assume.

Questions about misassume

What does misassume mean?
Misassume means to assume incorrectly.
What part of speech is misassume?
Misassume is a verb.
What is the past tense of misassume?
The past tense of misassume is misassumed.

Words near misassume in the dictionary

  1. misassociated
  2. misassociates
  3. misassociating
  4. misassociation
  5. misassociations
  6. misassume
  7. misassumed
  8. misassumes
  9. misassuming
  10. misassumption
  11. misassumptions

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