assume Pronunciation: /əˈsjuːm/Translate assume | into French | into Italian | into Spanish German translation of assumev.t. 1 voraussetzen assuming that … = vorausgesetzt, dass … 2 (undertake) übernehmen [Amt, Pflichten] 3 (take on) annehmen [Namen, Rolle]assume in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of assume in the British & World English dictionary Definition of assume in the US English dictionary