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presumptive

[pri-zuhmp-tiv]

adjective

  1. affording ground for belief or presumption.

    presumptive evidence.

  2. based on likelihood or presumption.

    a presumptive title; the presumptive nominee.

  3. regarded as such by presumption; based on inference; assumed.

    a presumptive case of pneumonia.

  4. Embryology.Ìýpertaining to the part of an embryo that, in the course of normal development, will predictably become a particular structure or region.



presumptive

/ ±è°ùɪˈ³úÊŒ³¾±è³Ùɪ±¹ /

adjective

  1. based on presumption or probability

  2. affording reasonable ground for belief

  3. of or relating to embryonic tissues that become differentiated into a particular tissue or organ

    presumptive epidermis

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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • presumptively adverb
  • nonpresumptive adjective
  • nonpresumptively adverb
  • overpresumptive adjective
  • overpresumptively adverb
  • unpresumptive adjective
  • unpresumptively adverb
  • ±è°ù±ðˈ²õ³Ü³¾±è³Ù¾±±¹±ð±ô²â adverb
  • ±è°ù±ðˈ²õ³Ü³¾±è³Ù¾±±¹±ð²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of presumptive1

From the Late Latin word ±è°ù²¹±ð²õÅ«³¾±è³ÙÄ«±¹³Ü²õ, dating back to 1555–65. See presumption, -ive
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People who want to fight Trump will also have to fight this inertia — even though many of the party’s presumptive presidential candidates are saying, no, no, I'm going to come out swinging.

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The South Darfur airport in Nyala, the presumptive capital and military base of the Rapid Support Forces, has been repeatedly bombed by the SAF, which destroyed an aircraft there earlier this month.

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“We believe that the different reagent led to a higher presumptive positivity rate on screening results than the standard reagent used by Quest Diagnostics,†the statement read.

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The Supreme Court’s recent grant of presumptive presidential immunity from prosecution for all of a president’s official acts just further insulated unchecked extralegal conduct.

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Los Angeles County health officials have identified three more cats with presumptive H5N1; the source of the virus has not yet determined, but experts suspect raw meat.

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