presumption
— Noun
– English
~ an assumption that is taken for granted
presumptive
— Adjective
– English
~ affording reasonable grounds for belief or acceptance; "presumptive evidence"; "a strong presumptive case is made out"
presumptive
— Adjective
– English
~ having a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance; "the presumptive heir (or heir apparent)"
presumptively
— Adverb
– English
~ by reasonable assumption; "presumably, he missed the train"
presumptuous
— Adjective
– English
~ excessively forward; "an assumptive person"; "on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide"; "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants"
presumptuously
— Adverb
– English
~ in a presumptuous manner; "he presumptuously overstepped the doctor's orders"
presumptuousness
— Noun
– English
~ audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness"
presuppose
— Verb
– English
~ take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I presuppose that you have done your work"
presuppose
— Verb
– English
~ require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step presupposes two prior ones"
presupposition
— Noun
– English
~ the act of presupposing; a supposition made prior to having knowledge (as for the purpose of argument)
presymptomatic
— Adjective
– English
~ of or relating to the early phases of a disease when accurate diagnosis is not possible because symptoms of the disease have not yet appeared
preteen
— Noun
– English
~ a preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age); "little league is intended for the preteens"
preteen
— Adjective
– English
~ of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12; "a preteen party"; "preteen clothing"
preteenager
— Noun
– English
~ a preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age); "little league is intended for the preteens"
pretence
— Noun
– English
~ imaginative intellectual play
pretence
— Noun
– English
~ the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
pretence
— Noun
– English
~ pretending with intention to deceive
pretence
— Noun
– English
~ an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
pretence
— Noun
– English
~ a false or unsupportable quality
pretend
— Noun
– English
~ the enactment of a pretense; "it was just pretend"