verb · academic
presume
UK/prɪˈzjuːm/US/prɪˈzuːm/pre·SUME
to accept something as true without definite proof
Examples
“When writing a literature review, we should not presume causation from correlation.”
“For the purposes of the model, the researchers presumed that migration rates remain constant.”
“In legal contexts a defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.”
Band 8 sentence
“In the discussion section, one should not presume causality from correlational data without additional experiments.”
Collocations
- presume that
- be presumed to be
- presumption of innocence
Word family
Common mistakes
He presume that the data is reliable.→He presumes that the data is reliable.
I presume he will come, so I don't need to check.→I presume that he will come, so I don't need to check.
Say it for a higher band
5suppose→6assume→7+presume
Synonyms
assume
suppose
Easily confused
assume
“I assumed he was joking, so I didn't respond.”
suppose
“Suppose we increased the sample size, would the results change?”
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