<p>Main Entry: pre·sump·tive
Pronunciation: -'z&m(p)-tiv
Function: adjective 1 : based on probability or presumption
2 : giving grounds for reasonable opinion or belief
3 : being an embryonic precursor with the potential for forming a particular structure or tissue in the normal course of development <presumptive retina=“”>
pre·sump·tive·ly adverb</presumptive></p>
<p>Main Entry: pre·sump·tion
Pronunciation: pri-'z&m(p)-sh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English presumpcioun, from Old French presumption, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin praesumption-, praesumptio presumptuous attitude, from Latin, assumption, from praesumere 1 : presumptuous attitude or conduct : AUDACITY
2 a : an attitude or belief dictated by probability : ASSUMPTION b : the ground, reason, or evidence lending probability to a belief
3 : a legal inference as to the existence or truth of a fact not certainly known that is drawn from the known or proved existence of some other fact</p>
<p>although i’ll concede that “presumptuous” may have work better in context. my apologies; it was early.</p>
<p>Main Entry: pre·sump·tu·ous
Pronunciation: pri-'z&m(p)-ch&-w&s, -ch&s, -sh&s
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French presumptueux, from Late Latin praesumptuosus, irregular from praesumptio : overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties</p>
<p>ok, she’s pretty eloquent for a sophomore. besides, i’m pretty sure that word can be used for what she was trying to say; just 'coz that’s not its primary meaning doesn’t mean you have to be rude.</p>
was it not warranted? i was accused of not knowing the meaning of a word, then justified my usage. i don’t do this daily, and you don’t have to condescend me because i’m younger.</p>
<p>i would have to say that both you and tore need to get over yourselves…plus the only reason i made the sophmore comment was because you seem so insecure and eager to prove that you’re worthy of being here when no one really cares that much how old you are except you</p>
<p>xbisoubisoux – i understand. i had no intention of starting an argument, but there were some personal attacks in this thread that i didn’t really think were warranted. </p>
<p>i sometimes mention my age as a disclaimer. i’ve never applied to college and i’m not an adcom. if that’s offensive i’ll stop doing that, too.</p>
<p>thisyearsgirl has a good hook-- coming from a foreign country. someone from my high school came from bulgaria 5 years ago… got into caltech. i think if it wasnt for that (and the fact that shes a female, which is underrepresented at caltech), her stats may not have gotten her in, as accomplished as she was. </p>
<p>Poor girl. You are rather eloquent for a fifteen-year-old. Nevertheless, not only did you give a useless link, you could not even find a suitable definition.</p>
<p>Why did you provide extraneous definitions? I never said you did not know the meanings of “presumption” and “presumptuous”. These words are irrelevant.</p>
<p>Consider this: A person cannot be presumptive (“based on probability or presumption”). One would say an idea is presumptive, in general.</p>
<p>Of course, a dictionary’s definition is not the be-all and end-all of usage. We natually follow what is actually said in conversation. I doubt, however, that you have ever heard the word in use. Otherwise, you would have been less clumsy.</p>
<p>I believe the word for which you were originally searching was “presumptuous”. Perhaps I am mistaken.</p>
<p>thisyearsgirl: You’re going to be rejected from every college you apply to, and your life is going to be a miserable hell. Because you misused the word presumptive once when you were 15.</p>
<p>i guess my hooks:<br>
immigrant from China
first generation college student
blue-collar background
definitely not your archetypal Asian male (college counselor recommendation as well as my teacher recs address this)</p>