presumptive

1. Based on presumption or conjecture; inferred, likely, presumed.

   By late May, he was already considered his party’s presumptive nominee.

   präsumtiv, erwartet, mutmaßlich

   предполага́емыйpredpolagájemyj

2. Based on presumption or conjecture; inferred, likely, presumed.

   Often postpositive, as in heir presumptive: of an heir or heiress: presumed to be entitled to inherit unless someone with a superior entitlement is born.

   The Queen’s younger brother was the heir presumptive to the throne, until she gave birth to her first child.

3. Of a cell or tissue: which has yet to differentiate, but is presumed to develop into a particular body part.

4. Synonym of presumptuous (“making unwarranted presumptions or assumptions, often out of arrogance or excessive self-confidence, and thus exceeding what is appropriate or right”).

   Forgive me for being presumptive, but aren’t you and Mark engaged?

5. (often)Chiefly in presumptive evidence: providing a reasonable basis for a certain presumption or conclusion to be drawn.

   having a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance

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