1
: not true or real : deliberately pretended or feigned
an assumed cheerfulness
an assumed air of indifference
: false, fictitious
an assumed name
2
: taken for granted : supposed
the assumed reason for his absence
assumedly
adverb
The hotel has seven rentable rooms on the third floor, assumedly for those who need to render themselves supine after an attack on the elaborate fare.
—
Horace Sutton
Horace Sutton
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an assumed connection between the two species that has yet to be confirmed by fossil findings
the salesclerk's assumed friendliness vanished as soon as I assured her I was just looking
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Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 21 Jan. 2025
Thankfully, Flow will remain a dark horse for the trophy, as the assumed animation front-runner, The Wild Robot, was also recognized for its Score and Sound.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
The Facebook page host did not think anything of the photos Walters had sent him and posted the assumed accomplishment on his major page.
—Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2024
The real Qiao Yan lives on the fringes of poverty in Myanmar and the assumed Qiao Yan becomes a famed actress in China.
—Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Assumed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assumed. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
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