Sentence examples for To assumes from inspiring English sources
verb
To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof.
- We assume that, as her parents were dentists, she knows quite a bit about dentistry.
This idea that there is a singular way of life which all immigrants need to sign up to assumes that Britishness is something frozen and fixed, whereas it is and always has been a work in progress, a continuing historical narrative in which we all play our part.
It was on an Edinburgh nightclub dancefloor in 1987 that a girl sidled up and shouted in my ear: "Aren't you the bloke who played Adrian Mole on the telly?" Anyone I have ever mentioned this to assumes it must have been one of the most humiliating experiences of my life.
Everyone I've shown it to assumes its name, "Flex," means, well, flexible, that it bends like a Gumby to conform to how you're using it -- curved in your hand, bent in your pocket.
"You have to assume that.
"Europe needs to assume its duties".
In 1954 Nasser emerged to assume control.
We see no reason to assume that.
Vázquez was to assume office on March 1 , 2005
To assume otherwise would only invite heartache.
There is no reason to assume that.
Here, the state has to assume risk.
