The meaning of Presumptive

prɪˈzʌmp.tɪv

Presumptive – definition

adjective
Of the nature of a presumption; presumed in the absence of further information.
Usage examples:
A presumptive diagnosis
Synonims:
Conjectural Speculative Tentative Suppositional Notional Hypothetical Theoretical Academic Unproven Unconfirmed
adjective
Another term for presumptuous.

adjective
Believed to be something, or likely to be true, based on the information that you have
Usage examples:
Presumptive signs of pregnancy

Presumptive translation into English

Presumptive: translate from English into Chinese

推定的

Presumptive: translate from English into Dutch

Vermoedelijke, Vermoedelijk

Presumptive: translate from English into French

Présomptif

Presumptive: translate from English into German

Mutmaßlich

Presumptive: translate from English into Hindi

अनुमान से सिद्ध, प्रकल्पित, आनुमानिक, संभव, मुमकिन

Presumptive: translate from English into Italian

Presunto, Presuntivo

Presumptive: translate from English into Korean

추정, 가정의

Presumptive: translate from English into Russian

Предполагаемый, Предположительный

Presumptive: translate from English into Spanish

Presunto, Presuntivo

Word origin

late Middle English: from French présomptif, -ive, from late Latin praesumptivus, from praesumpt- ‘taken before’, from the verb praesumere (see presume).

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Presumptive – similar words

presumptions

noun
An idea that is taken to be true on the basis of probability.
Usage examples:
Underlying presumptions about human nature

noun
A belief that something is true because it is likely, although not certain
Usage examples:
There is no scientific evidence to support such presumptions., what presumption, to assume that i’d…

noun
The fact of believing that something is true without having any proof
Usage examples:
Every defendant is entitled to the presumption of innocence unless they are proven guilty., presump…

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presumption

noun
An idea that is taken to be true on the basis of probability.
Usage examples:
Underlying presumptions about human nature

noun
A belief that something is true because it is likely, although not certain
Usage examples:
There is no scientific evidence to support such presumptions., what presumption, to assume that i’d…

noun
The fact of believing that something is true without having any proof
Usage examples:
Every defendant is entitled to the presumption of innocence unless they are proven guilty., presump…

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Presumptive synonims

academic

adjective
Relating to education and scholarship.
Usage examples:
Academic achievement

noun
A teacher or scholar in a university or other institute of higher education.
Usage examples:
The eu offers grants to academics for research on approved projects

adjective
Relating to schools, esp. colleges and universities, or connected with studying and thinking and not with useful skills
Usage examples:
Which diamond ring you like more is purely academic, because i can’t afford either one.

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conjectural

adjective
Based on or involving conjecture.
Usage examples:
The evidence was deemed too conjectural

adjective
Based on how something seems and not on proof
Usage examples:
He uses the words "guess" and "suppose" frequently, showing that the whole argument is purely conje…

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hypothetical

adjective
Based on or serving as a hypothesis.
Usage examples:
Let us take a hypothetical case

noun
A hypothetical proposition or statement.
Usage examples:
Officials refuse to discuss military policy except in coy hypotheticals

adjective
Of or based on a hypothesis
Usage examples:
He dismissed the questions as purely hypothetical., any electronic voting system is hypothetically …

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notional

adjective
Existing as or based on a suggestion, estimate, or theory; not existing in reality.
Usage examples:
Notional budgets for hospital and community health services

adjective
Existing only as an idea, or as an approximate amount
Usage examples:
Diamonds only retain their notional value through strict control of the market., almost everyone wi…

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speculative

adjective
Engaged in, expressing, or based on conjecture rather than knowledge.
Usage examples:
He gave her a speculative glance

adjective
Bought or done in order to make a profit in the future
Usage examples:
A speculative venture, our forecast for next year is speculative.

adjective
Based on a guess and not on information
Usage examples:
The idea that a merger of this kind would ever take place is purely speculative., highly/overly spe…

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tentative

adjective
Not certain or fixed; provisional.
Usage examples:
A tentative conclusion

adjective
Not certain or confident
Usage examples:
We have tentative plans to go to hawaii in february., we have tentatively agreed to buy that house.

adjective
Not certain or agreed
Usage examples:
The car company and the union reached a tentative agreement., a tentative deal/plan/settlement, the…

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theoretical

adjective
Concerned with or involving the theory of a subject or area of study rather than its practical application.
Usage examples:
A theoretical physicist

adjective
Based on theory or on possibilities
Usage examples:
The president does not want to answer any theoretical questions.

adjective
Based on ideas or theories, rather than practical uses of something or actual events
Usage examples:
Theoretical economics/physics, theoretical models/analyses/approaches, a theoretical framework/foun…

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unconfirmed

adjective
Not confirmed as to truth or validity.
Usage examples:
An unconfirmed report of shots being fired

adjective
(of information) not proven to be true or false
Usage examples:
An unconfirmed report

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unproven

adjective
Not demonstrated by evidence or argument to be true or existing.
Usage examples:
Long-standing but unproven allegations

adjective
Not having been shown to be good enough or to be able to do something
Usage examples:
It would be unwise to throw billions at unproven technology., a group of talented but unproven youn…

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