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  • assume an air of importance — act as if one was important …   English contemporary dictionary

  • assume — [ə so͞om′, əsyo͞om′] vt. assumed, assuming [ME assumen < L assumere, to take up, claim < ad , to + sumere, to take: see CONSUME] 1. to take on or put on (the appearance, form, role, etc. of) 2. to seize; usurp [to assume control] 3. to take …   English World dictionary

  • air — I n. atmosphere 1) to clear the air 2) to breathe, inhale air 3) to pollute the air 4) balmy, mild; bracing, brisk, crisp, refreshing; compressed; country; dry; foul; fresh; humid; polar; polluted; stale air 5) a breath of (fresh) air; a blast of …   Combinatory dictionary

  • Air parcel — An air parcel is an imaginary volume of air used by meteorologists to conceptualize the thermodynamic fluid motions of the atmosphere for use in weather forecasting. For mathematical simplicity, an air parcel is usually considered a rigid cube… …   Wikipedia

  • assume — 1 Assume, affect, pretend, simulate, feign, counterfeit, sham mean to put on a false or deceptive appearance. Assume often implies a pardonable motive rather than an intent to deceive {it sometimes happens that by assuming an air of cheerfulness… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Air Raid (Transformers) — Air Raid was the name of three fictional characters in the Transformers universes.Transformers: Generation 1Transformers character name =Air Raid japanname =Air Raider caption = affiliation =Autobot subgroup =Aerialbots rank = function =Warrior… …   Wikipedia

  • Air Force Blues — (abbreviated as AFBlues) is a comic strip available on the internet, created by Staff Sergeant Austin “Farva” May, a cartoonist on active duty in the United States Air Force. The events in the strip take place mainly at the fictional Elmendork… …   Wikipedia

  • assume a patronizing air — index condescend (patronize) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • assume — as|sume W1S1 [əˈsju:m US əˈsu:m] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: assumere, from ad to + sumere to take ] 1.) to think that something is true, although you do not have definite proof = ↑presume assume (that) ▪ I didn t see your car, so I… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • assume — verb (T) 1 to think that something is true, although you have no proof of it: assume (that): I didn t see your car, so I assumed you d gone out. | Assuming that the proposal is accepted, when are we going to get the money? | we can safely assume… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • assume — transitive verb (assumed; assuming) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin assumere, from ad + sumere to take more at consume Date: 15th century 1. a. to take up or in ; receive b. to take into partners …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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