0 past simple and past participle of assume
2 to pretend to have a different name or be someone you are not, or to express a feeling falsely:
During the investigation, two detectives assumed the identities of antiques dealers.
He assumed a look of indifference but I knew how he felt.
3 to take or begin to have responsibility or control, sometimes without the right to do so, or to begin to have a characteristic:
She was young and she was wearing student-type clothes so I assumed she was studying here.
There was a knock at the door. Now Jan knew her mother had promised to visit, so she assumed it was her.
They were chatting quite amiably on the phone last night so I assumed everything was okay.
I assumed things had gone well for him as he had a big grin on his face.
Ritual communication produces what it is assumed to portray, recreating the world by symbolic action, reinscribing the communication's participants within a world sustained by consensus.
The full implosion process leading to the assumed initial conditions will be studied in another paper.
They are assumed to save during working periods to ensure they have sufficient income when not working.
