assumed
adopted in order to deceive
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,468 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,914 times across 155,552 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- adopted in order to deceive also: false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham an assumed namean assumed cheerfulness
assumed in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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M. Favoral, in his mind, assumed fabulous proportions.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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In some of them he assumed the disguise of a sailor.
Nonsense Novels · Stephen Leacock · Chapter 1
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Cecilia did not realize that the assumed roughness covered something very like shame.
Back to Billabong · Mary Grant Bruce · Chapter 1
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Any reasonable child will find many such parallel instances of the assumed omnipotence of "grownups."
The Firelight Fairy Book · Henry Beston · Chapter 1
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Artemus dropped an unimportant remark or two, and then assumed a look of superhuman earnestness, and made the following astounding speech.
Sketches New and Old, Part 7. · Mark Twain · Chapter 1