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To assume something to be true without verification or proof.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To give little attention to or to underestimate the value of; to fail to appreciate, especially something one has grown heavily accustomed to; not to value or care for appropriately, out of the assumption that the person or thing not valued cannot be lost.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially, idiomatic, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I assume his train was late
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: assume, presume
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expect, anticipate
Narrower terms: presuppose, suppose
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
سلّم جدلا
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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Chinese Mandarin:
想當然 /想当然
(xiǎng dāngrán)
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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Danish:
tage for givet
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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Dutch:
voor lief nemen
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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Dutch:
als vanzelfsprekend aannemen
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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Finnish:
pitää itsestään selvänä
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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French:
prendre pour acquis
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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Galician:
facer de conta
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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German:
für selbstverständlich halten
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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Hebrew:
לָקַח כְּמוּבָן מֵאֵלָיו
(lakáḥ k'muván me'eláv)
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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Hungarian:
készpénznek vesz
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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Irish:
déan dóigh de
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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Italian:
dare per scontato
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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Japanese:
当たり前のことと思う
(atarimae-no koto-to omou)
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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Latin:
praesūmō
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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Norwegian Bokmål:
ta for gitt
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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Polish:
brać za pewnik
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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Polish:
wziąć za pewnik
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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Portuguese:
levar na certa
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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Russian:
принима́ть без доказательств
(prinimátʹ bez dokazatelʹstv)
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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Russian:
принима́ть на веру
(prinimátʹ na veru)
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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Sicilian:
dari pi scuntatu
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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Spanish:
dar por supuesto
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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Spanish:
dar por sentado
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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Spanish:
dar por hecho
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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Spanish:
tomar por sentado
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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Swedish:
ta för givet
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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Turkish:
doğal karşılamak
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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Ukrainian:
брати на віру
(braty na viru)
— assume something to be true without verification or proof
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Catalan:
donar per descomptat
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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Chinese Mandarin:
不予理睬
(bùyǔlǐcǎi)
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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Danish:
tage for givet
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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Dutch:
als vanzelfsprekend beschouwen
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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Finnish:
pitää itsestäänselvyytenä
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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French:
prendre pour acquis
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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French:
tenir pour acquis
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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German:
für selbstverständlich halten
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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Hungarian:
természetesnek vesz
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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Hungarian:
magától értetődőnek érez
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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Italian:
dare per scontato
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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Latin:
praesūmō
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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Marathi:
गृहीत धरणे
(gŕhīt dharṇe)
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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Norwegian Bokmål:
ta for gitt
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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Portuguese:
subestimar
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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Portuguese:
não dar valor
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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Portuguese:
dar como certo
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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Portuguese:
fazer pouco caso de
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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Portuguese:
não agradecer por
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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Russian:
счита́ть само́ собо́й разуме́ющимся
(sčitátʹ samó sobój razuméjuščimsja)
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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Russian:
воспринима́ть как до́лжное
(vosprinimátʹ kak dólžnoje)
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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Serbo-Croatian:
uzeti zdravo za gotovo
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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Spanish:
dar por descontado
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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Spanish:
menospreciar
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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Spanish:
subestimar
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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Spanish:
dar por hecho
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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Spanish:
dar por sentado
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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Spanish:
no valorar
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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Spanish:
tomar por sentado
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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Swedish:
ta för given
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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Ukrainian:
сприймати як належне
(spryjmaty jak naležne)
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of
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Ukrainian:
ста́витися до чо́гось як до нале́жного
(stávytysja do čóhosʹ jak do naléžnoho)
— give little attention to or to underestimate the value of