assumed

  • 1Assumed — As*sumed , a. 1. Supposed. [1913 Webster] 2. Pretended; hypocritical; make believe; as, an assumed character. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2assumed — [adj1] pretended affected, artificial, bogus, counterfeit, fake, false, feigned, fictitious, imitation, made up, make believe, phony, pretended, put on, sham, simulated, spurious; concept 582 Ant. genuine, natural, real assumed [adj2] expected… …

    New thesaurus

  • 3assumed — I (feigned) adjective adopted, apocryphal, bogus, contrived, counterfeit, deceptive, delusive, disguised, fabricated, factitious, fake, false, fictitious, fraudulent, invented, manufactured, misleading, misrepresented, pretended, pretexted,… …

    Law dictionary

  • 4assumed — [ə so͞omd, əsyo͞omd′] adj. 1. pretended; put on; fictitious 2. taken for granted …

    English World dictionary

  • 5Assumed — Assume As*sume , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assuming}.] [L. assumere; ad + sumere to take; sub + emere to take, buy: cf. F. assumer. See {Redeem}.] 1. To take to or upon one s self; to take formally and demonstratively;… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 6assumed — adj. (cannot stand alone) assumed to + inf. (she was assumed to be out of the country) * * * [ə sjuːmd] (cannot stand alone) assumed to + inf. (she was assumed to be out of the country) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 7assumed — assumedly /euh sooh mid lee/, adv. /euh soohmd /, adj. 1. adopted in order to deceive; fictitious; pretended; feigned: an assumed name; an assumed air of humility. 2. taken for granted; supposed: His assumed innocence proved untrue. 3. usurped.… …

    Universalium

  • 8assumed — adjective under an assumed name using a false name: He registered at the hotel under an assumed name …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 9assumed — adjective adopted in order to deceive an assumed name an assumed cheerfulness a fictitious address fictive sympathy a pretended interest a put on childish voice sham modesty …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 10assumed — adj. Assumed is used with these nouns: ↑identity, ↑name …

    Collocations dictionary