assumption

Meanings

Plural: assumptions

Noun

• 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
• audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
• the act of assuming or taking for granted
  • "your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted"
• The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
• The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
• The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
• The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
• The taking of a person up into heaven.
• A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
• Assumptio.

Synonyms

Assumption of Mary, August 15, effrontery, laying claim, premise, premiss, presumption, presumptuousness, supposal, supposition

Related Words

assume, assumptive