Presumptive

adjective

/pɹɪˈzʌmptɪv/

Word Frequency: 0.9

Definitions

1.adjectiveBased on presumption, probability, conjecture, hypothesis or belief.

"By late May, he was already considered his party's presumptive nominee."

2.adjectiveMaking presumptions; behaving as one who presumes, who assumes that which they perhaps should not.

"Forgive me for being presumptive, but aren't you and Mark engaged?"

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