adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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New-Zealand, UK:/pɹɪˈzjuːməbli/
US:/pɹɪˈzuːməbli/
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Australian:/pɹɪˈzjuːməbli/
Australian:/pɹɪˈʒuːməbli/
CMU ARPABET:P R AH0 Z UW1 M AH0 B L IY0
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CMU ARPABET 2:P R IH0 Z UW1 M AH0 B L IY0
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CMU ARPABET 3:P R IY0 Z UW1 M AH0 B L IY0
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1
adv
Meaning 1
Able to be sensibly presumed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Presumably, he will attend the opening.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: presumptively, presumedly
Antonyms: none provided
2
adverb
Meaning 2
by reasonable assumption
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
presumably, he missed the train
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: presumptively
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From presume + -ably, presumable + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
الْمُفْتَرَض مِنْ
(min al-muftaraḍ)
— able to be sensibly presumed
Bulgarian:
възможно
(vǎzmožno)
— able to be sensibly presumed
Bulgarian:
навярно
(navjarno)
— able to be sensibly presumed
Catalan:
presumiblement
— able to be sensibly presumed
Chinese Mandarin:
大概
(dàgài)
— able to be sensibly presumed
Chinese Mandarin:
想必
(xiǎngbì)
— able to be sensibly presumed
Chinese Mandarin:
推測上 /推测上
(tuīcè shàng)
— able to be sensibly presumed
Chinese Mandarin:
假定上
(jiǎdìng shàng)
— able to be sensibly presumed
Danish:
antageligvis
— able to be sensibly presumed
Dutch:
vermoedelijk
— able to be sensibly presumed
Dutch:
waarschijnlijk
— able to be sensibly presumed
Esperanto:
supozeble
— able to be sensibly presumed
Finnish:
oletettavasti
— able to be sensibly presumed
French:
présumablement
— able to be sensibly presumed
German:
vermutlich
— able to be sensibly presumed
German:
voraussichtlich
— able to be sensibly presumed
Hungarian:
feltételezhetően
— able to be sensibly presumed
Hungarian:
alighanem
— able to be sensibly presumed
Hungarian:
valószínűleg
— able to be sensibly presumed
Hungarian:
vélhetőleg
— able to be sensibly presumed
Hungarian:
feltehetőleg
— able to be sensibly presumed
Irish:
de réir cosúlachta
— able to be sensibly presumed
Irish:
de réir dealraimh
— able to be sensibly presumed
Japanese:
おそらく
(osoraku)
— able to be sensibly presumed
Japanese:
思うに
(omou ni)
— able to be sensibly presumed
Japanese:
推定上
(suteijō)
— able to be sensibly presumed
Polish:
przypuszczalnie
— able to be sensibly presumed
Portuguese:
presumivelmente
— able to be sensibly presumed
Russian:
предположи́тельно
(predpoložítelʹno)
— able to be sensibly presumed
Serbo-Croatian:
на́равно
— able to be sensibly presumed
Serbo-Croatian:
разу̀мљиво
— able to be sensibly presumed
Serbo-Croatian:
подразумијева се
— able to be sensibly presumed
Serbo-Croatian:
подразумева се
— able to be sensibly presumed
Serbo-Croatian:
náravno
— able to be sensibly presumed
Serbo-Croatian:
razùmljivo
— able to be sensibly presumed
Serbo-Croatian:
podrazumijeva se
— able to be sensibly presumed
Serbo-Croatian:
podrazumeva se
— able to be sensibly presumed
Spanish:
presumiblemente
— able to be sensibly presumed
Spanish:
presuntamente
— able to be sensibly presumed