0 past simple and past participle of assume --
1 to accept something to be true without question or proof: --
2 to pretend to have a different name or be someone you are not, or to express a feeling falsely: --
He assumed a look of indifference but I knew how he felt.
During the investigation, two detectives assumed the identities of antiques dealers.
3 to take or begin to have responsibility or control, sometimes without the right to do so, or to begin to have a characteristic: --
It is assumed that the reader understands these pre-existing categories.
Rates of growth of exogenous variables are assumed equal to zero.
Sequences of type variables, field declarations, parameter names, and method declarations are assumed to contain no duplicate names.
The expressions are assumed to be well typed.
It was further assumed that the background turbulence is isotropic.
The stories revealed laws of mental functioning that, he assumed, would ultimately be traced to neural mechanisms.
Ultimately, its tenability will depend on how irrefutable the assumed support for the hybrid models turns out to be.
The sensors are assumed to respond to the controller within the time windows to confirm that the expected state transitions have occurred.
