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# presumably

«presumably» in Mova's school dictionary: **As you would guess or expect; probably** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (presumably)

### meaning for a pupil

As you would guess or expect; probably. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presumably/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and everyday talk, it shows something is likely but not certain. In science, it marks a guess.

### examples

- Presumably the bus will be late in this snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presumably/#x1)
- The Rabbit was presumably late again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presumably/#x2)
- Presumably you've done your homework? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presumably/#x3)
- The door was open, presumably left by the cat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presumably/#x4)
- The tracks were presumably made by a fox. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presumably/#x5)
- Presumably they will come after lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presumably/#x6)
- "Mr Samber" was presumably one Robert Samber of New Inn, who translated other tales from the French, for Edmond Curl the bookseller, about this time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presumably/#x7)

### note

From «presume». Not certain: «probably».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «presumably» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presumably/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.