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as·sume
/əˈso͞om/
어원
late Middle English: from Latin assumere, from ad- ‘towards’ + sumere ‘take’.
assume (v.)
early 15c., "to arrogate, take upon oneself," from Latin assumere, adsumere "to take up, take to oneself, take besides, obtain in addition," from ad "to, toward, up to" (see ad-) + sumere "to take," from sub "under" (see sub-) + emere "to take," from PIE root *em- "to take, distribute."
Meaning "to suppose, to take for granted without proof as the basis of argument" is first recorded 1590s; that of "to take or put on fictitiously" (an appearance, etc.) is from c. 1600. Related: Assumed; assuming. Early past participle was assumpt. In rhetorical usage, assume expresses what the assumer postulates, often as a confessed hypothesis; presume expresses what the presumer really believes. Middle English also had assumpten "to receive up into heaven" (especially of the Virgin Mary), from the Latin past participle.
Assuming responsibility, often means taking control of a situation, group, establishment, ect.
Example:
The politician assumed responsibility for his Party.
It is also commonly used to say being responsible for your own actions, your children's actions, or something else.
assume a dignified air
점잔을 부리다
assume a virtuous air
도덕가인 체하다
assume a proprietary air
주인인 체하다
assume a triumphant air
의기양양하다.
assume a nonchalant air
무관한 체하다.
assume a haughty air [mien]
거만한 태도를 취하다.
He all of a sudden assumed a strange and cool air toward her
그는 갑자기 그녀에게 남을 대한 듯 냉담한 태도를 취했다.
I just assumed he own the place -- he had a proprietary air about him.
나는 그가 그 집을 소유하고 있다고 생각했다. 그는 주인 같은 태도를 하고 있었기 때문이다.
The massive ship, temporarily referred to as the Varyag, belongs to a class of naval craft that assume expansive air power over vast stretches of ocean, one that few nations wield.
임시로 바라그로 불리는, 그 거대한 함선은 몇몇 나라들이 행사하는 해양의 막대한 지역에 걸쳐 광범위한 공군력을 추측하는 일종의 해군 기술에 속한다.
Scientists have long assumed a relationship between air travel and spread of the virus.
과학자들은 오랫동안 비행기 여행과 바이러스 전파의 관련성을 추정해왔다.
assume
verb [ T ]
assume verb [T] (ACCEPT)
B2
to accept something to be true without question or proof:
[ + (that) ]
I assumed (that) you knew each other because you went to the same school.
Let's assume (that) they're coming and make plans on that basis.
[ + to infinitive ]
We can't assume the suspects to be guilty simply because they've decided to remain silent.
We mustn't assume the suspects' guilt.
추가 예
If you haven't heard by Friday, assume I'm not coming.
She was young and she was wearing student-type clothes so I assumed she was studying here.
There was a knock at the door. Now Jan knew her mother had promised to visit, so she assumed it was her.
They were chatting quite amiably on the phone last night so I assumed everything was okay.
I assumed things had gone well for him as he had a big grin on his face.
assume verb [T] (PRETEND TO HAVE)
to pretend to have a different name or be someone you are not, or to express a feeling falsely:
Moving to a different town, he assumed a false name.
During the investigation, two detectives assumed the identities of antiques dealers.
He assumed a look of indifference but I knew how he felt.
assume verb [T] (TAKE CONTROL)
C2
to take or begin to have responsibility or control, sometimes without the right to do so, or to begin to have a characteristic:
The new president assumes office at midnight tonight.
The terrorists assumed control of the plane and forced it to land in the desert.
The issue has assumed considerable political proportions (= has become a big political problem).
assuming 용례들
In addition, many of the primitive parsers can be simplified by assuming that the functions representing parsers and the functions representing success continuations are curried.
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Significance values were assigned to variance components based on 1000 random permutations of individuals, assuming no genetic structure.
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The transition radiation parameter s are calculated assuming a given current for the bunch.
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The dashed line is the theoretical total nuclei assuming all neurons survive and astroglia start at zero.
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Assuming a discontinuous transition layer at the reconnection point the layer thickness to the north grows in the direction of the outer flow.
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Assuming that stops are the least marked onsets, there is no need for a constraint that specifically targets them.
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Though forest trees usually show considerable pollen flow, assuming an absence of spatially distributed genetic structure is not always wise.
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Since we are not assuming weak purity, the vertical map on the right of this diagram need not be injective.
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They illustrate the spatial distribution of the achievable height accuracy assuming a precise functional and stochastic model.
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Other examples come from the municipalities that are assuming more responsibility for prevention, health promotion, and rehabilitation.
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However, if this is not the case, assuming constant prices biases the welfare estimates.
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Women rated intervention more favorably when assuming "ideal" rather than realistic levels of resources, but men did not.
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Faerch explains this difference by referring to markedness conditions, assuming that verb-second is the more marked word order.
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One way of looking at this is by assuming a decline in households in which children care for their elderly parents.
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Assuming that some simple conditions are verified, a quantitative analysis of the atomic species constituting a sample is possible, without the need for calibration curves.
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What does " assuming responsibility " mean?
collocations
I think you assume responsibility when you think someone who is on-duty does not behave in responsible way so you do the job without authorization.
Are they used also in the following senses?
1.The state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone:
Women bear children and take responsibility for childcare
2.The state or fact of being accountable or to blame for something:
The group has claimed responsibility for a string of murders
Mar 21 '16 at 14:20
Mrt
That is not really what "assume responsibility" means. It has nothing to do with not having authorization, or with thinking that someone else is not being responsible. It just means "to accept the duty of doing something." –
stangdon
Mar 21 '16 at 14:25
Agreed. You can assume responsibility when somebody gives it to you, or you can take responsibility on your own initiative. –
JavaLatte
Mar 21 '16 at 14:38
How about " to take up" , do you think its meaning şmply something different than to taken on responsibility and to assume responsibility? –
Mrt
Mar 21 '16 at 18:39
Assuming responsibility, often means taking control of a situation, group, establishment, ect.
Example: The politician assumed responsibility for his Party.
It is also commonly used to say being responsible for your own actions, your children's actions, or something else. (Your second point)
Example: The boy decided he should assume responsibility for his own actions. -- Normally you would write "be responsible" instead of "assume responsibility" here, but both are OK.
Another way it is used, is to say that you are taking care of something.
Example: Our Neighbour was on holiday, so we assumed responsibility for her cat.
I think you assume responsibility when you think someone who is on-duty does not behave in responsible way so you do the job without authorization.
This could be a possible reason for assuming responsibility, but it could be for other reasons. For example: To help out, To get a pay rise, because you want to be in control ect.
Mar 21 '16 at 17:06
To assume responsibility mean to take on responsibility. You could use assume in both contexts that you described. This is the definition of assume (in that context)
Take on (take) or begin to have (power or responsibility).
Women bear children and take on responsibility for childcare
Women bear children and assume responsibility for childcare
Or;
The group has taken on responsibility for a string of murders
The group has assumed responsibility for a string of murders