Assume and Think

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Assume

Assume verb - To take as true or as a fact without actual proof.

Usage example: everyone assumed, wrongly, that someone else was bringing dessert

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Think is a synonym for assume in presume topic. In some cases you can use "Think" instead a verb "Assume", when it comes to topics like consider, believe, guess.

Nearby Words: assumption, assuming

Think

Think verb - To have as an opinion.

Usage example: I think we should wait for someone to come help us out

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Assume is a synonym for think in consider topic. You can use "Assume" instead a verb "Think", if it concerns topics such as believe, guess.

Nearby Word: thinking

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man	assume man	think man
people	assume people	think people
part	assume part	think part
kind	assume kind	think kind
Other words: idea, name, place, way, world, nothing, worst.

Both words in one sentence

Some people browsing the website might click the ad out of curiosity because they think/assume the game has those attractive girls that are pictured in the Evony ads.

Source: Analysis / Evony
You can pretty much assume that all yaoi fangirls think Guy-on-Guy Is Hot, but not all women who think Guy-on-Guy Is Hot are yaoi fangirls.

Source: Yaoi Fangirl
One can only assume they think you've been traveling through the rainforest for a long time.

Source: What Year Is This?

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