assumed meaning
EN
US - Verb
- simple past tense and past participle of assume.
- simple past tense and past participle of assume.
- AdjectiveCOMmore assumedSUPmost assumed
- Used in a manner intended to deceive; fictitious.
- Appleby [ …] rose from his seat when Morales came in. He shook hands urbanely, unbuckled his sword, and laid his kepi on the table, and then sat down with an expression of concern in his olive face which Appleby fancied was assumed.
- Supposed or presumed.
- Used in a manner intended to deceive; fictitious.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Researchers assumed that there was no venom without a delivery system, and so they concluded that venomousness must be a highly derived trait seen in a relatively small fraction of all snake species.
- It has long been assumed that Malcolm is based on Alastair Campbell, former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s all-powerful strategizer, spokesman and interference blocker.
- Some of the phrasal adverbs have assumed the form of single words, by that symphytism which naturally attaches these light elements to each other. — Earle.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of assumed in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
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- Verb simple past forms
- Participles
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- Adjectives
- en assumedly
- en assumed name
- en assumed names
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "assumed" is an adjective. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.