Described and Presumed

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Described adjective - Represented in words especially with sharpness and detail.

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Presumed and described are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Presumed" instead an adjective "Described".

Nearby Words: describe, description, describing

Presumed adjective - Appearing to be true on the basis of evidence that may or may not be confirmed.

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Described and presumed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Described" instead an adjective "Presumed".

The Great Offscreen War: The Ancient-Shivan conflict was only briefly described in a narration by an Ancient in several cutscenes throughout the first game but was presumed to be one hell of a war.

Source: Video Game / FreeSpace
A character is described as "presumed dead in Skund" — they can't be sure because they only found his head.

Source: The Coroner Doth Protest Too Much
Since we started with five people presumed dead, (one of whom is described as "The face of the modern Army") that's rather impressive.

Source: Film / Basic

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