Associations to the word «Assuming»

Wiktionary

ASSUMING, verb. Present participle of assume

Dictionary definition

ASSUMING, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky