I assume
I'm guessing that
I assume introduces a statement the speaker believes to be true but hasn't confirmed: I assume you've already eaten?
It can preface reasonable inferences or signal mild uncertainty while proceeding as if something were fact.
The phrase sometimes carries a hint of challenge or correction: I assume you knew the rules before you broke them.
- presumeAccept without verification
- supposeAccept as true tentatively
- I take itPhrase expressing assumption
- guessEstimate without certainty
- educated guessReasoned speculation from facts
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