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Who is there that can adequately gauge the greatness of the humility, gentleness, self-surrender, revealed by the Lord of majesty in assuming human nature, in accepting the punishment of death, the shame of the cross?
Saint Bernard

Meaning of "assuming" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ASSUMING

assuming  [əˈsjuːmɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ASSUMING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Assuming can act as an adjective and a conjunction.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The conjunction is an invariable grammatical category used to join together words and sentences.

WHAT DOES ASSUMING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of assuming in the English dictionary

The definition of assuming in the dictionary is expecting too much; presumptuous; arrogant. Other definition of assuming is if it is assumed or taken for granted.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ASSUMING


all-consuming
ɔːlkənˈsjuːmɪŋ
blooming
ˈbluːmɪŋ
booming
ˈbuːmɪŋ
calming
ˈkɑːmɪŋ
charming
ˈtʃɑːmɪŋ
consuming
kənˈsjuːmɪŋ
dreaming
ˈdriːmɪŋ
everblooming
ˈɛvəˌbluːmɪŋ
farming
ˈfɑːmɪŋ
grooming
ˈɡruːmɪŋ
mushrooming
ˈmʌʃruːmɪŋ
nonconsuming
ˌnɒnkənˈsjuːmɪŋ
performing
pəˈfɔːmɪŋ
presuming
prɪˈzjuːmɪŋ
screaming
ˈskriːmɪŋ
showrooming
ˈʃəʊˌruːmɪŋ
streaming
ˈstriːmɪŋ
unassuming
ˌʌnəˈsjuːmɪŋ
unpresuming
ˌʌnprɪˈzjuːmɪŋ
warming
ˈwɔːmɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ASSUMING

assubjugate
assuefaction
assuetude
assumability
assumable
assumably
assume
assumed
assumed name
assumedly
assumer
assumingly
assumpsit
assumption
Assumption Day
assumptive
assumptively
Assur
assurable
assurance

WORDS THAT END LIKE ASSUMING

becoming
coming
filming
flaming
Fleming
forthcoming
framing
gaming
global warming
homecoming
humming
incoming
overwhelming
programming
swimming
time-consuming
timing
upcoming
welcoming
Wyoming

Synonyms and antonyms of assuming in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ASSUMING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «assuming» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of assuming

Translation of «assuming» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ASSUMING

Find out the translation of assuming to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of assuming from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «assuming» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

假定
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

suponiendo que
570 millions of speakers

English

assuming
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

यह मानते हुए
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

على افتراض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

предполагая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

supondo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভিমানী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

en supposant que
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dengan anggapan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

angenommen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

~と仮定して
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

~라고 가정한다면
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Assuming
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giả định
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அனுமானித்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गृहीत धरून
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

varsayarak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ammesso che
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zakładając
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

припускаючи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

presupunând
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υποθέτοντας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

veronderstelling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förutsatt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forutsatt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of assuming

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ASSUMING»

The term «assuming» is very widely used and occupies the 9.115 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ASSUMING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «assuming» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «assuming» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about assuming

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10 QUOTES WITH «ASSUMING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word assuming.
1
Gary Ackerman
Looking forward, it might prove constructive to examine the true historical record of an issue prior to assuming the worst of anyone's motive and deconstructing and questioning anyone's Democratic bona fides. After all, we liberals got feelings.
2
Piers Anthony
Princess Rose should indeed be a TV movie, assuming something doesn't go wrong. I don't know how good a movie it will be, because the way movie folk think is different from the way writers think, and I distrust what isn't done my way. This is what I call a healthy paranoia.
3
Dan Ariely
While we somehow understand revenge on an intuitive level between individuals, I do suspect that companies, assuming that people are rational, completely miss and underestimate the motivation people have for revenge.
4
Julian Baggini
True respect means taking other people's beliefs seriously and assuming they are adult and intelligent enough to be able to cope with it if you tell them, clearly and civility, why you think they are totally, utterly and disastrously wrong.
5
Saint Bernard
Who is there that can adequately gauge the greatness of the humility, gentleness, self-surrender, revealed by the Lord of majesty in assuming human nature, in accepting the punishment of death, the shame of the cross?
6
Steven Bochco
Cop shows are by definition melodramatic; they're larger than life. They create very stark contrasts and conflicts emotionally. They're provocative, assuming they grapple with - to the extent that cop shows are mirrors of the culture.
7
Betsy Brandt
In high school, a teacher's friend in the police department asked me to go into a bar and flash a fake ID saying I was 21 even though I wasn't. They were assuming the bar wasn't carding people. Anyway, she forgot to ask for it back. I used it all freshman year in college.
8
John Cassavetes
I won't make shorthand films, because I don't want to manipulate audiences into assuming quick, manufactured truths.
9
Alonzo Church
The only thing that might have annoyed some mathematicians was the presumption of assuming that maybe the axiom of choice could fail, and that we should look into contrary assumptions.
10
John Clayton
We are assuming that we exist, that there is reality, and that the matter of which we are made is real.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASSUMING»

Discover the use of assuming in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to assuming and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Assuming a Body: Transgender and Rhetorics of Materiality
Transgender and Rhetorics of Materiality Gayle Salamon. Mary Beth Mader, Diane Perpich, Kelly Oliver, Denise Riley, Petra Kuppers, Elizabeth Weed, Anne Fausto-Sterling, and Carol Armstrong. l have benefited from the wisdom of C. L. Cole ...
Gayle Salamon, 2013
2
Assuming the Burden: Europe and the American Commitment to ...
That decision, he argues, marked America's first definitive step toward embroilment in Indochina, the start of a long series of moves that would lead the Johnson administration to commit U.S. combat forces a decade and a half later.
Mark Atwood Lawrence, 2005
3
Assuming the positions: cultural pedagogy and the politics ...
Winner of the 1999 Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize for outstanding research publication in the field of teaching English language, literature, rhetoric and composition.
Susan Miller, 1998
4
Assuming the position: a family business survival guide
Not intended as a textbook approach to business, ASSUMING THE POSITION instead presents its message in a semi-autobiographical manner that follows the author's career from entry-level positions to CEO of a multi-million dollar enterprise.
Rob Mancuso, 1997
5
On assuming a college or university presidency: lessons & ...
Contents include: Estela Bensimon, "Lessons Learned From Experienced Presidents; " Marian Gade, "President-Trustee Relationship: " Joseph Kauffman, "Strategies for an Effective Presidency; " and an annotated resource guide by Sharon McDade.
Estela Mara Bensimon, Marian L. Gade, Joseph F. Kauffman, 1989
6
Assuming the Position: A Memoir of Hustling
Rick Whitaker divulges the complex reasons that drove him to prostitution and reflects on the cost of a life of half-truths and emotional lies. With an unsentimental eye, Whitaker chronicles his descent and eventual resolution.
Rick Whitaker, 1999
7
Assuming the Light: The Parisian Apprenticeship of Miguel ...
Miguel Angel Asturias (1899-1974), the first Spanish-American prose writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, is both a pivotal and a representative figure in the development of the twentieth-century Spanish-American novel.
Stephen Henighan, 1999
8
Sound Intensity in Atmospheric Shadow Zones Assuming a ...
Large-scale plots of the sound field illustrate some characteristics of the shadow zones. Tables of the residues are reported, containing the first fifty terms in the series solution at several points of the sound field. Values of JK(z) +
Phillip H. Duran, 1970
9
Closing a Failed Bank: Resolution Practices and Procedures
The Assuming Bank agrees with the Receiver and the Corporation as follows: 4.1 Continuation of Banking Business. The Assuming Bank agrees to provide full service banking in the trade area of the Failed Bank commencing on the first ...
David C. Parker, 2011
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A Dictionary of the Bengala Language: In which the Words are ...
(from^, to hold), the holding of a thing, the having a thing, the/keep ing or maintaining of a thing, the assuming of a particular habit or shape, the supporting or sustaining of a thing, the uphold ing of a thing, the sustaining of a weight er burden, ...
William Carey, 1825

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ASSUMING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term assuming is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Arts Beat for July 6: Festival on-the-Green offers entertainment for …
... method views_many_to_one_helper::option_definition() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in ... «Addison County Independent, Jul 15»
2
Yahoo!'s Stock Has Upside Despite BABA Controversy, Says …
Naspers is trading at a 10% discount its sum of the parts, a 17% discount to our fair value assuming a 20% liquidity discount. Our View Yahoo! «Barron's, Jul 15»
3
Unnamed exec “still confused about” Eagles trading for Sam Bradford
Really, Tim Tebow is the only QB on the roster that truly makes sense at all, assuming Tebow has fixed some of his throwing problems. If he has ... «NBCSports.com, Jul 15»
4
After a heart-stopping glitch, NASA's New Horizons prepares for its …
But soon enough, we should have unprecedented access to Pluto's secrets -- assuming the nervous anticipation doesn't kill us all first. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
5
Autonomous taxis could greatly reduce greenhouse-gas emissions …
Although HFCVs and battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) can have similar GHG emissions per mile, assuming EIA GHG energy intensities, for BEVs the lower EPA ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
6
NHL expansion: Las Vegas among best options as application …
The plan is to privately build the arena, assuming they get clearance from the environmental study and the city. Bartoszek plans to apply for ... «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»
7
Seven things to watch as NBA free agency continues
... agent. remains one of the top players stilol on the open market -- assuming LeBron James and Marc Gasol return to their respective teams. «Allentown Morning Call, Jul 15»
8
China's Bazooka Fails to Overwhelm
Even assuming Beijing can muscle the market back to that level, investors who hang around for the roughly 20% gain, are likely to sell once it ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
9
6 Things You Must Know About Class-Action Lawsuits
If all 40 million people who had a debit or credit card compromised file a claim, each one could receive just 25 cents, assuming none of them can document their ... «Kiplinger Personal Finance, Jul 15»
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SF Giants trade rumors: Gerardo Parra, Cameron Maybin, other …
Assuming the Giants aren't going to trade for, say, Carlos Gomez or some other All-Star, the outfielders who are available are going to be of the ... «McCovey Chronicles, Jul 15»

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