Word of the Day:
presume
What It Means
To be so presumptuous as (to do something) without proper authority or permission [with to (+ infinitive)].
To perform, do (something) without authority; to lay claim to without permission.
To assume or suggest to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose.
I don't want to pretend to be an authority on this line of business, so I would never presume to tell you how to run your own company.
Presume in Context
“If we presume that human cloning may one day become a mundane, everyday reality, then maybe it's time to start thinking more positively about our soon-to-arrive genetically engineered pseudo-siblings.”
Did You Know?
From Middle English presumen, from Anglo-Norman presumer and its source, Latin praesūmere (“to take beforehand, anticipate”), from prae- + sūmere (“to take”).
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