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• /əˈsjuːm/
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• rare: /əˈʃuːm/ yod-coalescence
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• /əˈsum/ yod-dropping
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• /əˈzuːm/ African, especially Nigerian;
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From Latin assūmō (“accept, take”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + sūmō (“take up, assume”).

141 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: e zem — to suppose to be true
• Arabic: اِفْتَرَضَ (iftaraḍa) — to suppose to be true
• Armenian: ենթադրել (entʻadrel) — to suppose to be true
• Belarusian: прыпуска́ць (prypuskácʹ) — to suppose to be true
• Belarusian: прыпусці́ць (prypuscícʹ) — to suppose to be true
• Belarusian: дапуска́ць (dapuskácʹ) — to suppose to be true
• Belarusian: дапушча́ць (dapuščácʹ) — to suppose to be true
• Belarusian: дапусці́ць (dapuscícʹ) — to suppose to be true
• Belarusian: меркава́ць (mjerkavácʹ) — to suppose to be true
• Bengali: অনুমান (onuman) — to suppose to be true
• Bulgarian: предпола́гам (predpolágam) — to suppose to be true
• Bulgarian: предполо́жа (predpolóža) — to suppose to be true
• Bulgarian: допуска́м (dopuskám) — to suppose to be true
• Bulgarian: допу́сна (dopúsna) — to suppose to be true
• Catalan: suposar — to suppose to be true
• Chinese Mandarin: 假定 (jiǎdìng) — to suppose to be true
• Czech: předpokládat — to suppose to be true
• Czech: domnívat se — to suppose to be true
• Danish: antage — to suppose to be true
• Danish: formode — to suppose to be true
• Dutch: aannemen — to suppose to be true
• Dutch: veronderstellen — to suppose to be true
• Esperanto: supozi — to suppose to be true
• Faroese: halda — to suppose to be true
• Finnish: olettaa — to suppose to be true
• French: supposer — to suppose to be true
• French: présupposer — to suppose to be true
• French: présumer — to suppose to be true
• French: assumer — to suppose to be true
• Galician: supor — to suppose to be true
• German: annehmen — to suppose to be true
• German: voraussetzen — to suppose to be true
• German: vermuten — to suppose to be true
• German: unterstellen — to suppose to be true
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ahjan) — to suppose to be true
• Hebrew: הֵנִיחַ (heníakh) — to suppose to be true
• Hungarian: feltételez — to suppose to be true
• Hungarian: feltesz — to suppose to be true
• Italian: presupporre — to suppose to be true
• Italian: ritenere — to suppose to be true
• Japanese: 仮定する (katei suru) — to suppose to be true
• Khmer: សន្មត (sɑɑsɑnmɔɔt) — to suppose to be true
• Korean: 가정하다 (gajeonghada) — to suppose to be true
• Latin: spero — to suppose to be true
• Latin: adscisco — to suppose to be true
• Latin: pono — to suppose to be true
• Latin: sumo — to suppose to be true
• Latin: ascisco — to suppose to be true
• Latin: adsumo — to suppose to be true
• Latin: praesumo — to suppose to be true
• Latin: insumo — to suppose to be true
• Macedonian: претпоставува (pretpostavuva) — to suppose to be true
• Macedonian: претпостави (pretpostavi) — to suppose to be true
• Norwegian Bokmål: anta — to suppose to be true
• Norwegian Bokmål: formode — to suppose to be true
• Persian: فرض کردن (farz kardan) — to suppose to be true
• Persian: حدس زدن — to suppose to be true
• Polish: przypuszczać — to suppose to be true
• Polish: przypuścić — to suppose to be true
• Polish: dopuszczać — to suppose to be true
• Polish: dopuścić — to suppose to be true
• Portuguese: supor — to suppose to be true
• Portuguese: pressupor — to suppose to be true
• Portuguese: presumir — to suppose to be true
• Romanian: presupune — to suppose to be true
• Romanian: prepune — to suppose to be true
• Russian: предполага́ть (predpolagátʹ) — to suppose to be true
• Russian: предположи́ть (predpoložítʹ) — to suppose to be true
• Russian: допуска́ть (dopuskátʹ) — to suppose to be true
• Russian: допусти́ть (dopustítʹ) — to suppose to be true
• Serbo-Croatian: претпо̀стављати — to suppose to be true
• Serbo-Croatian: претпо̀ставити — to suppose to be true
• Serbo-Croatian: pretpòstavljati — to suppose to be true
• Serbo-Croatian: pretpòstaviti — to suppose to be true
• Slovak: predpokladať — to suppose to be true
• Slovak: domnievať sa — to suppose to be true
• Slovene: domnevati — to suppose to be true
• Spanish: suponer — to suppose to be true
• Spanish: dar por sentado — to suppose to be true
• Swedish: anta — to suppose to be true
• Turkish: varsaymak — to suppose to be true
• Turkish: farz etmek — to suppose to be true
• Ukrainian: припуска́ти (prypuskáty) — to suppose to be true
• Ukrainian: припусти́ти (prypustýty) — to suppose to be true
• Ukrainian: допуска́ти (dopuskáty) — to suppose to be true
• Ukrainian: допусти́ти (dopustýty) — to suppose to be true
• Urdu: فرض کرنا (farẓ karnā) — to suppose to be true
• Vietnamese: cho rằng — to suppose to be true
• Vietnamese: giả sử — to suppose to be true
• Zazaki: ferz kerden — to suppose to be true
• Bulgarian: пое́мам (poémam) — take on a position
• Bulgarian: зае́мам (zaémam) — take on a position
• Catalan: assumir — take on a position
• Chinese Mandarin: 擔任 /担任 (dānrèn) — take on a position
• Chinese Mandarin: 承接 (chéngjiē) — take on a position
• Czech: zaujmout — take on a position
• Dutch: innemen — take on a position
• Dutch: aannemen — take on a position
• Esperanto: alpreni — take on a position
• Finnish: ottaa — take on a position
• Finnish: omaksua — take on a position
• French: assumer — take on a position
• Galician: asumir — take on a position
• German: annehmen — take on a position
• German: aufnehmen — take on a position
• German: einnehmen — take on a position
• German: übernehmen — take on a position
• Italian: assumere — take on a position
• Japanese: 負う (ou) — take on a position
• Japanese: 引き受ける (hikiukeru) — take on a position
• Māori: whakatupu — take on a position
• Portuguese: assumir — take on a position
• Russian: занима́ть (zanimátʹ) — take on a position
• Russian: заня́ть (zanjátʹ) — take on a position
• Spanish: asumir — take on a position
• Ukrainian: займа́ти (zajmáty) — take on a position
• Vietnamese: nhậm chức — take on a position
• Vietnamese: gánh vác — take on a position
• Vietnamese: đảm đương — take on a position
• Vietnamese: lấy — take on a position
• Basque: uste izan — adopt an idea
• Bulgarian: приемам (priemam) — adopt an idea
• Bulgarian: приема (priema) — adopt an idea
• Bulgarian: възприемам (vǎzpriemam) — adopt an idea
• Bulgarian: възприема (vǎzpriema) — adopt an idea
• Catalan: adoptar — adopt an idea
• Chinese Mandarin: 採納 /采纳 (cǎinà) — adopt an idea
• Chinese Mandarin: 接受 (jiēshòu) — adopt an idea
• Czech: nabrat — adopt an idea
• Dutch: aannemen — adopt an idea
• Esperanto: akcepti — adopt an idea
• Esperanto: alpreni — adopt an idea
• Finnish: omaksua — adopt an idea
• French: adopter — adopt an idea
• French: prendre — adopt an idea
• German: annehmen — adopt an idea
• Latin: asciscō — adopt an idea
• Russian: принима́ть (prinimátʹ) — adopt an idea
• Russian: приня́ть (prinjátʹ) — adopt an idea
• Spanish: asumir — adopt an idea
• Ukrainian: прийма́ти (pryjmáty) — adopt an idea