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preassume

preassume verb: to assume in advance; to presume.

Verb

preassume (third-person singular simple present preassumes, present participle preassuming, simple past and past participle preassumed)

  1. (transitive) To assume in advance; to presume.

Forms of preassume

third-person singular presentpreassumes
present participlepreassuming
past participlepreassumed
pastpreassumed

Origin of preassume

From pre- + assume.

Questions about preassume

What does preassume mean?
Preassume means to assume in advance; to presume.
What part of speech is preassume?
Preassume is a verb.
What is the past tense of preassume?
The past tense of preassume is preassumed.

Words near preassume in the dictionary

  1. preassociation
  2. preassociations
  3. preassociative
  4. preassociativeness
  5. preassociativity
  6. preassume
  7. preassumed
  8. preassumes
  9. preassuming
  10. preassumption
  11. preassumptions

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