Definition of "presumed" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of presume. (verb)
• Appearing to be the most probable, often with some preparations starting to be made for it. (adjective)

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• "Dr Lloyd admitted during the hustings event that the term "presumed" had unfortunate connotations."
• "While the conclusion is presumed from the start, it is not implied in the premise."
• "[His or her] Wernicke's area [the portion of the brain presumed to process language] is staffed by an army of jumpsuited code-breakers, working a barn-size space that is strung about the rafters with a mathematically intricate lattice of rope and steel, and maybe gusseted by a synthetic coil that is stronger and more sensitive than either, like guitar strings made from an unraveled spinal cord, each strand tuned to different tensions."