Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin assūmere, from ad- + sūmō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /asˈsu.me.re/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -umere
  • Hyphenation: as‧sù‧me‧re

Verb

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assùmere (first-person singular present assùmo, first-person singular past historic assùnsi, past participle assùnto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to take on, assume
  2. (transitive) to employ, hire
  3. (transitive) to consume
    Synonym: consumare
    È di vitale importanza assumere una quantità di ferro adeguata attraverso l'alimentazione quotidiana.
    It is vitally important to consume adequate amounts of iron in your daily diet.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • assumere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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assūmēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of assūmō

Verb

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assūmere

  1. inflection of assūmō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative