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assumption

/ assumption /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
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 compan"
Type of:
acquisition
Derived:
assume adopt take on take over bear
noun Sense 2
the act of assuming or taking for granted
"your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted"
Type of:
act human action human activity
Kinds of:
position
Derived:
assume presume take for granted
noun Sense 3
a hypothesis that is taken for granted
"any society is built upon certain assumptions"
Type of:
hypothesis possibility theory
Kinds of:
conclusion basis base foundation fundament
Derived:
suppose say assume presume take for granted
noun Sense 4
(Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended
Type of:
miracle
Derived:
assume
Domain:
Christianity Christian religion
noun Sense 5
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 of:
holy day of obligation
Has parts:
August Aug
noun Sense 6
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"
Type of:
postulate posit
Kinds of:
major premise major premiss minor premise minor premiss subsumption
Derived:
assume presume take for granted premise premiss
noun Sense 7
audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
"he despised them for their presumptuousness"
Type of:
audacity audaciousness
Kinds of:
uppityness uppishness
Derived:
presume
Semantic Complexity
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Sense Count
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Total Synonyms
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Total Relationships
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Times Searched
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acquisition act human action human activity position hypothesis possibility theory conclusion basis base foundation