assuming (verb)

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• assume — [c]/əˈsjum / (say uh syoohm) verb (assumed, assuming) –verb (t) 1. to take for granted or without proof; suppose as a fact: assume a principle in reasoning. 2. to take upon oneself; undertake: to assume office; to assume an obligation. 3. to take …  

• miscalculate — verb To incorrectly calculate; to make a gross error in judgement. They miscalculated, by assuming it was standard, not metric …   Wiktionary

• destigmatize — verb to remove the disgraceful or ignominious characterization from. Before we can destigmatize suicide assuming that is what we want to do we must acknowledge that killing oneself is still an intensely stigmatized act... Ant: stigmatize See Also …   Wiktionary

• carboard — verb A sport where a rider is towed behind a vehicle. In many ways it encompasses a lot of the aspects of winching in that it has a go anywhere approach. It can in essence occur behind any vehicle assuming that it has sufficient horse power,… …   Wiktionary

• leave for dead — verb to abandon someone, assuming that they will die He stood in the middle of a narrow part of the road, stopped the horse, and struck Fyot with a heavy cudgel, leaving him for dead in the ditch …   Wiktionary

• pitch around — verb To intentionally throw pitches which are slightly out of the strike zone, hoping that the batter will swing wildly at a pitch, but assuming that you will walk him Jones pitched around the slugger …   Wiktionary

• extrapolate — verb /ɛkˈstræp.ə.leɪt/ a) To infer by extending known information. With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction …   Wiktionary

• assume — verb (T) 1 to think that something is true, although you have no proof of it: assume (that): I didn t see your car, so I assumed you d gone out. | Assuming that the proposal is accepted, when are we going to get the money? | we can safely assume… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• disguise — Verb: To conceal identity by assuming or giving a false appearance or guise, as by wearing an unusual clothing or dress. Noun: Clothing, dress, wigs, goggles, or other device put on to conceal identity. Artifice in speech or manner employed to… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• leave — Verb: To deposit or put a thing in place. To make a disposition of something, particularly by a will. Williams v Kidd, 170 Cal 631, 151 P 1. To refrain from assuming possession of property in the hands of another, thereby committing it to his… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Wikipedia:Featured article candidates — Here, we determine which articles are to be featured articles (FAs). FAs exemplify Wikipedia s very best work and satisfy the FA criteria. All editors are welcome to review nominations; please see the review FAQ. Before nominating an article,… …   Wikipedia