1 to begin to have -- prendre
to assume responsibility/control prendre la responsabilité / le contrôle
2 to pretend to have a feeling -- affecter
to assume a cheerful expression affecter d’étre joyeux
4 to take upon oneself or accept (authority, responsibility etc) -- assumer
5 to put on (a particular appearance etc) -- prendre, adopter
There is also an opt-in process for over-the-counter medicines, if there is reason to assume that they have been falsified.
Sometimes we should actually recognise what we are achieving and not just assume that what tabloid newspapers say about us is correct.
It is to be assumed that incentives will not help in the future either.
There is a large number of unreported incidents, which is why we can only assume that the problem is a major one.
We should not automatically assume that they are incompatible; the matter is being looked into.
We force people who want to migrate here to assume the status of an asylum seeker.
Ultimately, the entrepreneur bears the risk, the risk of the many liabilities he has to assume.
The world is gradually losing its patience with a government that appears reluctant to assume full responsibility for all its citizens.
