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presumptive

 
Dictionary: pre·sump·tive   (prĭ-zŭmp'tĭv) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Providing a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance.
  2. Founded on probability or presumption.
presumptively pre·sump'tive·ly adv.

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adjective

  1. Based on probability or presumption: assumptive, likely, presumable, probable, prospective. Idioms: taken for granted. See belief/unbelief, likely/unlikely.
  2. Presumed to be true, real, or genuine, especially on inconclusive grounds: conjectural, hypothetic, hypothetical, inferential, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious, suppositive. See belief/unbelief.

Antonyms: presumptive
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adj

Definition: conjectural
Antonyms: definitive


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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: having a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance

Meaning #2: affording reasonable grounds for belief or acceptance


Translations: Presumptive
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - formodentlig

Nederlands (Dutch)
verondersteld

Français (French)
adj. - (gén) par présomption, (Jur) présomptif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - mutmaßlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - υποθετικός, πιθανολογούμενος

Italiano (Italian)
presunto, supposto, presuntivo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - presumível, provável

Русский (Russian)
предполагаемый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - presunto, presuntivo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sannolik, presumtiv

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
根据推定的, 给与推定之根据的, 假定的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 根據推定的, 給與推定之根據的, 假定的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 추정의, 가정의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 仮定の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) افتراضي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮סביר, משוער‬


 
 
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