Take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof.

synonyms: assume, take for granted.

Roget 481: misjudge, misestimate, misthink^†, misconjecture^†, misconceive etc. (error) 495; fly in the face of facts; miscalculate, misreckon, miscompute.    overestimate etc. 482; underestimate etc. 483.    prejudge, forejudge; presuppose, presume, prejudicate^†; dogmatize; have a bias etc. n.; have only one idea; jurare in verba magistri [Lat.], run away with the notion; jump to a conclusion, rush to a conclusion, leap to a conclusion, judge hastily, shoot from the hip, jump to conclusions; look only at one side of the shield; view with jaundiced eye, view through distorting spectacles; not see beyond one's nose; dare pondus fumo [Lat.]; get the wrong sow by the ear etc. (blunder) 699.    give a bias, give a twist; bias, warp, twist; prejudice, prepossess.    ... show more

Roget 885: be insolent etc. adj.; bluster, vapor, swagger, swell, give oneself airs, snap one's fingers, kick up a dust; swear etc. (affirm) 535; rap out oaths; roister.    arrogate; assume, presume; make bold, make free; take a liberty, give an inch and take an ell.    domineer, bully, dictate, hector; lord it over; traiter de haut en bas [Fr.], regarder de haut en bas [Fr.]; exact; snub, huff.   , beard, fly in the face of; put to the blush; bear down, beat down; browbeat, intimidate; trample down, tread down, trample under foot; dragoon, ride roughshod over.    out face, outlook, outstare, outbrazen^†, outbrave^†; stare out of countenance; brazen out; lay down the law; teach one's grandmother to suck eggs; assume a lofty bearing; talk big, look big; put on big looks, act the grand seigneur [Fr.]; mount the high horse, ride the high horse; toss the head, carry, with a high hand.    tempt Providence, want snuffing.    ... show more

Roget 878: be proud etc. adj.; put a good face on; look one in the face; stalk abroad, perk oneself up; think no small beer of oneself; presume, swagger, strut; rear one's head, lift up one's head, hold up one's head; hold one's head high, look big, take the wall, bear like the Turk no rival near the throne" [Pope], carry with a high hand; ride the high horse, mount on one's high horse; set one's back up, bridle, toss the head; give oneself airs etc. (assume) 885; boast etc. 884.    pride oneself on; glory in, take a pride in; pique oneself, plume oneself, hug oneself; stand upon, be proud of; put a good face on; not hide one's light under a bushel, not put one's talent in a napkin; not think small beer of oneself etc. (vanity) 880.    ... show more

Roget 858: hope, trust, confide, rely on, put one's trust in; lean upon; pin one's hope upon, pin one's faith upon etc. (believe) 484.    feel hope, entertain hope, harbor hope, indulge hope, cherish hope, feed hope, foster hope, nourish hope, encourage hope, cling to hope, live in hope, etc. n.; see land; feel assured, rest assured, feel confident, rest confident etc. adj.. presume; promise oneself; expect etc. (look forward to) 507.    hope for etc. (desire) 865; anticipate.    be hopeful etc. adj.; look on the bright side of, view on the sunny side, voir en couleur de rose [Fr.], make the best of it, hope for the best; put a good face upon, put a bold face upon, put the best face upon; keep one's spirits up; take heart, take heart of grace; be of good heart, be of good cheer; flatter oneself, lay the flattering unction to one's soul," catch at a straw, [Hamlet], hope against hope, reckon one's chickens before they are reckon one's chickens before they are hatched, count one's chickens before they are hatched.    [cause hope] give hope, inspire hope, raise hope, hold out hope etc. n.; promise, bid fair, augur well, be in a fair way, look up, flatter, tell a flattering tale; raise expectations (sentient subject); encourage, cheer, assure, reassure, buoy up, embolden.    ... show more

Roget 484: believe, credit; give faith to, give credit to, credence to; see, realize; assume, receive; set down for, take for; have it, take it; consider, esteem, presume.    count upon, depend upon, calculate upon, pin one's faith upon, reckon upon, lean upon, build upon, rely upon, rest upon; lay one's account for; make sure of.    make oneself easy about, on that score; take on trust, take on credit; take for granted, take for gospel; allow some weight to, attach some weight to.    know, know for certain; have know, make no doubt; doubt not; be, rest assured etc. adj.; persuade oneself, assure oneself, satisfy oneself; make up one's mind.    give one credit for; confide in, believe in, put one's trust in; place in, repose in, implicit confidence in; take one's word for, at one's word; place reliance on, rely upon, swear by, regard to.    think, hold; take, take it; opine, be of opinion, conceive, trow^†, ween^†, fancy, apprehend; have it, hold a belief, possess, entertain a belief, adopt a belief, imbibe a belief, embrace a belief, get hold of a belief, hazard, foster, nurture a belief, cherish a belief, have an opinion, hold an opinion, possess, entertain an opinion, adopt an opinion, imbibe an opinion, embrace an opinion, get hold of an opinion, hazard an opinion, foster an opinion, nurture an opinion, cherish an opinion etc. n.. view as, consider as, take as, hold as, conceive as, regard as, esteem as, deem as, look upon as, account as, set down as; surmise etc. 514.    get it into one's head, take it into one's head; come round to an opinion; swallow etc. (credulity) 486.    cause to be believed etc. v.; satisfy, persuade, have the ear of, gain the confidence of, assure; convince, convict^†, convert; wean, bring round; bring over, win over; indoctrinate etc. (teach) 537; cram down the throat; produce conviction, carry conviction; bring home to, drive home to.    go down, find credence, pass current; be received etc. v., be current etc. adj.; possess, take hold of, take possession of the mind.    ... show more

Roget 514: suppose, conjecture, surmise, suspect, guess, divine; theorize; presume, presurmise^†, presuppose; assume, fancy, wis^†, take it; give a guess, speculate, believe, dare say, take it into one's head, take for granted; imagine etc. 515.    put forth; propound, propose; start, put a case, submit, move, make a motion; hazard out, throw out a suggestion, put forward a suggestion, put forward conjecture.    allude to, suggest, hint, put it into one's head.    suggest itself etc. (thought) 451; run in the head etc. (memory) 505; marvel if, wonder if, wonder whether.    ... show more

Dutch: voor lief nemen, ervan uitgaan, aannemen, assumeren, onderstellen, postuleren, presumeren, stellen, supponeren, veronderstellen

Take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission.

synonyms: dare, make bold.

Constitute reasonable evidence for.

Take liberties or act with too much confidence.