How to pronounce presumptuous
American English pronunciation
prih-ZUMP-choo-us
- IPA
- /pɹɪˈzʌmptʃuəs/
- Syllables
- prih · ZUMP · choo · us (4 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
- Also said
- prih-ZUMP-shus
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What presumptuous means
Too bold in acting as if you have a right to something
In a sentence: It was presumptuous of him to sit in the coach's chair without asking.
Where it comes from: It came into English through Old French from a Latin word for taking something for granted ahead of time.
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