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Adjective

Having an arrogant, self-important or pompous manner

Cheeky, impudent or saucy in nature, character or behavior

Interfering or meddling in the affairs of others

Having absolutely no doubt

Conjunction

Only if (the stipulation that follows is true)

Used to introduce an assumption, suggestion or speculation

Verb

(with clause) To believe without reason

Present participle for to suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability

Present participle for to be arrogant or impertinent enough to do something

Present participle for to expect or foresee the future occurrence of something

Present participle for to expectantly want something to happen

(pride oneself) Present participle for to take satisfaction or pleasure in one's accomplishments or abilities

Noun

The act of making a guess

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Adjective

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Having an arrogant, self-important or pompous manner

patronizing^US

patronising^UK

throwing one's weight around

throwing one's weight about

offensively self-assertive

as bold as brass

presumptive

too big for your boots

wrapped up in oneself

think too highly of oneself

too big for your breeches

goody-goody

inward-looking

have an excessively high opinion of oneself

think a lot of oneself

turning up your nose at

looking down your nose at

too big for your britches

blowing one's own horn

think one is the cat's whiskers

think one is God's gift

think one is the cat's pyjamas

pleased with yourself

phony^US

phoney^UK

having a swelled head

wrapped up with oneself

looking after number one

in driver's seat

crack the whip

big talking

blowing one's own trumpet

full of airs and graces

moralizing^US

moralising^UK

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“Presuming his way through the meeting, the arrogant executive dismissed all opposing opinions without a second thought.”

Adjective

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Cheeky, impudent or saucy in nature, character or behavior

making advances towards

not backwards in coming forwards

smart-arsed^UK

smart-assed^US

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“She replied with a presuming smirk, insinuating that she already knew the answer to the question.”

Adjective

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Interfering or meddling in the affairs of others

inquiring^US

enquiring^UK

burning with curiosity

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“Presuming she knew what was best for me, my nosy neighbor constantly pried into my personal life.”

Adjective

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Having absolutely no doubt

secure in one's belief

holding the unwavering view

in no doubt

free from doubt

having no questions about

unshaken in one's belief

unshakeable in one's belief

disposed to look on the bright side

hold the unwavering view

pleased with yourself

pleased with oneself

like the cat that swallowed the canary

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Conjunction

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Only if (the stipulation that follows is true)

Conjunction

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Used to introduce an assumption, suggestion or speculation

taking for granted that

under these conditions

with the supposition that

in these circumstances

in the circumstance that

supposing it is the case that

on the assumption that

with the provision that

on the understanding that

with the condition that

with the proviso that

with the understanding that

on the condition that

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Verb

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(with clause) To believe without reason

feeling

sensing

having a feeling

getting the impression

feeling in one's bones

having a hunch

believing

conjecturing

having a funny feeling

having a sneaking feeling

having a sneaking suspicion

having as one's opinion

theorising^UK

theorizing^US

having the impression

recognizing^US

recognising^UK

realizing^US

realising^UK

becoming cognizant of

catching on

catching the drift

considering

becoming conscious of

getting the impression of

getting the drift

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Verb

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Present participle for to suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability

theorizing^US

theorising^UK

coming to the conclusion

drawing the inference

taking as a hypothesis

having sneaking suspicion

realizing^US

realising^UK

having a sneaking suspicion

gauging^UK

gaging^US

seeing something coming

analyzing^US

analysing^UK

jumping to conclusions

visualizing^US

visualising^UK

recognizing^US

taking it for granted

taking as gospel truth

recognising^UK

reading between lines

having a sneaking feeling

expressing an opinion

holding that

taking something as given

thinking it likely that

having as one's opinion

putting two and two together

swearing

brainstorming

reckoning on

reading between the lines

entertaining the idea

lapping up

previsioning

betting one's bottom dollar

subscribing to the opinion

taking something on board

building castles in air

running it up flagpole

latching on to

seeing handwriting on wall

forming an opinion of

making an estimate of

picking out

dreaming up

having a sneaking suspicion of

jumping to a conclusion

jumping to conclusions about

judging prematurely

making a hasty assessment about

becoming cognizant of

getting vibes

feeling in one's bones

feeling in gut

cottoning to

getting the impression

making sense of

taking in

evoking

modelling^UK

modeling^US

coming to the conclusion that

getting one's head around

making an educated guess

fantasizing^US

becoming conscious of

getting the drift

catching on

having a funny feeling

getting the impression of

fantasising^UK

thinking it conceivable

putting on thinking cap

turning over

racking brains

taking under consideration

having in mind

stopping to consider

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“For now, judges seem to presume that everyone is relatively good at voice recognition, better, in fact, than the research suggests is possible.”

Verb

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Present participle for to be arrogant or impertinent enough to do something

“I cannot presume to have the arrogance to tell someone how they should go about finding the balances in their own lives.”

Verb

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Present participle for to expect or foresee the future occurrence of something

visualizing^US

visualising^UK

seeing something coming

having sneaking suspicion

preparing for

regarding as likely

calling it

coming to the conclusion

seeing it coming

taking it as given

thinking it likely

contemplating the possibility of

drawing the inference

counting chickens

Verb

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Present participle for to expectantly want something to happen

Verb

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(pride oneself) Present participle for to take satisfaction or pleasure in one's accomplishments or abilities

Noun

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The act of making a guess

theorising^UK

theorizing^US

judgement^UK

judgment^US

reading between the lines

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