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assumption::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | supposal, supposition |
| Type of | possibility, theory, hypothesis |
| Has types | presumption, precondition, base, basic assumption, basis, conclusion, fundament, groundwork, self-evident truth, foundation, given, constatation, cornerstone |
| Derivation | assume |
any society is built upon certain assumptions.
assumption::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | effrontery, presumption, presumptuousness |
| Type of | audacity, audaciousness |
| Has types | uppishness, uppityness |
assumption::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | premise, premiss |
| Type of | posit, postulate |
| Has types | precondition, condition, major premise, major premiss, minor premise, minor premiss, scenario, stipulation, subsumption, thesis |
| Derivation | assume |
on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not play.
assumption::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | laying claim |
| Type of | acquisition |
| Derivation | assume |
his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba.
the Nazi assumption of power in 1934.
he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts.
assumption::noun | Spocien Dictionary
celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | assumption of mary, august 15 |
| Type of | holy day of obligation |
assumption::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | miracle |
| Derivation | assume |
assumption::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | human activity, human action, deed, act |
| Has types | position |
| Derivation | assume |
your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted.
Examples of assumption
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It grew from the assumption that nobody comes to Florida for our natural beauty.
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Assumption beat St. Rose 69-65 in Albany on Nov. 17 and 63-44 at home on Feb. 3.
From the timesunion.com
The old thinking of hiring salespeople to generate demand is a false assumption.
From the forbes.com
Implicit in these judgments is the assumption that water is a basic human right.
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The assumption is that his resignation was directly related to our Sunday story.
From the dailyherald.com
Not unsurprisingly, his critique of the flotilla is based on such an assumption.
From the smh.com.au
The assumption is that most people rarely look beyond Page 2 of a search result.
From the kentucky.com
Almost every key assumption about how the program would unfold has proved wrong.
From the theatlantic.com
Unmoored from everything that I'd ever expected, every assumption I'd ever made.
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- Premise: a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"
- A hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions"
- The act of taking possession of or power over something; "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"; "the Nazi assumption of power in 1934"; "he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts"
- Celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church
- (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended
- Presumption: audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness"
- "Assumption" is Samuel Beckett's first published story, appearing in Transition magazine in June 1929, in the same issue as James Joyce's Work in Progress.
- (Assumptions) The many conditions and rules underlying the calculation of a pension benefit.
- (ASSUMPTIONS) Propositions for which no information can be made available within the scope of the study; aka Delimitations
