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- IPA: /pɹi.ˈz(j)um/
- IPA: /pɹə.ˈz(j)um/
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- IPA: /pɹɪˈʒuːm/
- IPA: /pɹɪ.ˈzjuːm/
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Määritelmät
Verbit
- (transitive, now rare) To perform, do (something) without authority; to lay claim to without permission.
- (transitive) With infinitive object: to be so presumptuous as (to do something) without proper authority or permission.
- (transitive) To assume to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose.
- (intransitive) To be presumptuous; with on, upon, to take advantage (of), to take liberties (with).
Esimerkit
- Don't make the decision yourself and presume too much.
- I wouldn't presume to tell him how to do his job.
- If we presume that human cloning may one day become a mundane, everyday reality, then maybe it's time to start thinking more positively about our soon-to-arrive genetically engineered pseudo-siblings.
- Piliso then vented his anger on us, accusing us of lying to him. He said we had presumed on his hospitality and the good name of the regent.
- Docteur Livingstone, je présume?
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