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Noun: assumption u'súmpshun- 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 be able to play"
- premise, premiss - A hypothesis that is taken for granted
"any society is built upon certain assumptions"
- supposition, supposal - 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"
- laying claim - Audacious (even arrogant) behaviour that you have no right to
- presumption, presumptuousness, effrontery - The act of assuming or taking for granted
"your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted"
Noun: Assumption- 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
- Assumption of Mary, August 15 - (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended
Derived forms: assumptions See also: assume Type of: acquisition, act, audaciousness, audacity, deed, holy day of obligation, human action, human activity, hypothesis, miracle, posit, possibility, postulate, theory Part of: Aug, August Encyclopedia: Assumption, Il Assumption, IL Assumption Assumption, Illinois Assumption, Ontario Assumption, Ohio Assumption, Little Sisters of the |