assumptionnoun
uk/əˈsʌmp.ʃən/us/əˈsʌmp.ʃən/assumption noun (BELIEF)
C1 [ C ] something that you accept as true without question or proof:
People tend to make assumptions about you when you have a disability.
These calculations are based on the assumption that prices will continue to rise.
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- They make the naive assumption that because it's popular it must be good.
- The sales forecast is predicated on the assumption that the economy will grow by four percent this year.
- There's an unspoken assumption in the department that Sue will take over the post when Ian leaves.
- He premised his argument on several incorrect assumptions.
- The assumptions made about the economy's rate of growth proved to be incorrect.
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Guesses and assumptions
- a shot in the dark idiom
- approximation
- ballpark
- bet
- conjecture
- educated guess
- estimate
- estimation
- guess
- guesstimate
- preception
- preconception
- presumption
- presupposition
- proposition
- propositional
- shot
- supposition
- surmise
- underestimate
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assumption of power, responsibility, etc. [ U ]
the act of taking a position of power, responsibility, etc.:
The revolutionaries' assumption of power took the army by surprise.
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Controlling and being in charge
- aggrandize
- assume
- authoritative
- balance of power
- balls
- divide
- dominant
- have sb by the balls idiom
- have sb eating out of your hand idiom
- have sb in the palm of your hand idiom
- have sth in hand idiom
- heel
- high-handed
- hook
- pull
- pull rank idiom
- pull the strings idiom
- putty
- regimentation
- rein
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