assume
verb
ADV. automatically, naturally I automatically assumed that you knew about this.| reasonably, safely I think we can safely assume that this situation will continue.
VERB + ASSUME can, might | tend to | be fair to, be reasonable to, be safe to It is reasonable to assume that the economy will continue to improve.| be a mistake to, be wrong to | be easy to It's all too easy to assume that people know what they are doing.
PHRASES let us assume Let us assume for a moment that the plan succeeds.
