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What is the difference between estimate and assume and presume ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between estimate and assume and presume ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Assume and presume both mean "to suppose". They are quite similar in sentences like "I suppose/assume/presume you'll say "no" to his invitation". "Assume" is "to quess/suppose" without evidence. "Presume" is to guess based on some sort of evidence/facts/common sense etc (higher probability). e.g. "Kate did not come home last night, but let's not assume the worst!" v. "Kate has been missing for 3 months and is presumed dead". "Estimate" is also a supposition, but some calculations are usually involved. "Kate has left her friend's house an hour ago, I estimate her to be home in 10 minutes or so" (because the speaker knows how far that house is) or "I estimate that in 20 years the population of our little village will increase threefold".
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Estimate, a sensible guess
Assume, thinking something is true when it isn’t
Presume, suppose something is the case on the basis of probability
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Assume and presume both mean "to suppose". They are quite similar in sentences like "I suppose/assume/presume you'll say "no" to his invitation". "Assume" is "to quess/suppose" without evidence. "Presume" is to guess based on some sort of evidence/facts/common sense etc (higher probability). e.g. "Kate did not come home last night, but let's not assume the worst!" v. "Kate has been missing for 3 months and is presumed dead". "Estimate" is also a supposition, but some calculations are usually involved. "Kate has left her friend's house an hour ago, I estimate her to be home in 10 minutes or so" (because the speaker knows how far that house is) or "I estimate that in 20 years the population of our little village will increase threefold".
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