adj
Meaning 1
Used in a manner intended to deceive; pretended; simulated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
assumed
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/əˈsjuːmd/ non-yod-coalescence
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rare: /əˈʃuːmd/ yod-coalescence
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Canada, US: /əˈsjuːmd/
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/əˈsuːmd/ Canada, US, yod-dropping
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Nigeria: /əˈzuːmd/
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rhymes with -uːmd
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 S UW1 M D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Supposed or presumed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: understood
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of assume
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
adopted in order to deceive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an assumed name
- an assumed cheerfulness
- a fictitious address
- fictive sympathy
- a pretended interest
- a put-on childish voice
- sham modesty
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: измислен (izmislen) — intended to deceive; fictitious
- Bulgarian: присторен (pristoren) — intended to deceive; fictitious
- Esperanto: ŝajniga — intended to deceive; fictitious
- Finnish: teko- — intended to deceive; fictitious
- Finnish: valheellinen — intended to deceive; fictitious
- Finnish: keksitty — intended to deceive; fictitious
- Spanish: fingido — intended to deceive; fictitious
- Esperanto: supozita — supposed or presumed
- Finnish: oletettu — supposed or presumed
- Finnish: otaksuttu — supposed or presumed
- French: censé — supposed or presumed
- Italian: presunto — supposed or presumed
- Spanish: supuesto — supposed or presumed
Real reading context