Presume Past Tense

The past tense of Presume is presumed.

1. presume

verb. ['prɪˈzuːm'] take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof.

Rhymes with Presume

• mcbroom
• exhume
• reassume
• perfume
• maktoum
• legroom
• laplume
• khartoum
• deblum
• costume
• consume
• kaboom
• entomb
• abloom
• vroom
• plume
• kume
• hume
• groome
• groom
• gloom
• fume
• flume
• crume
• croom
• broome
• broom
• blume
• blum
• bloom

How do you pronounce presume?

Pronounce presume as prɪˈzum.

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Sentences with presume

1. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Most people presume that when you sweat, you lose weight.

Quotes about presume

1. On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere thanks to the Almighty, the Creator and Preserver.
- William Bartram

2. In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a state. When we are ill... we do not ask for the handsomest physician, or the most eloquent one.
- Plato

3. We worship…the powers that speak to our souls, if it seems they do. We do so knowing there is more to the world, and the half-world, and perhaps worlds beyond, than we can grasp. We always knew that. We can’t even stop children from dying, how would we presume to understand the truth of things? Behind things? Does the presence of one power deny another? [p. 176]
- Guy Gavriel Kay, Sailing to Sarantium

2. presume

verb. ['prɪˈzuːm'] take liberties or act with too much confidence.

3. presume

verb. ['prɪˈzuːm'] take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission.

4. presume

verb. ['prɪˈzuːm'] constitute reasonable evidence for.