presumptionnoun [ C or U ]
uk/prɪˈzʌmp.ʃən/us/prɪˈzʌmp.ʃən/C1 the act of believing that something is true without having any proof:
The presumption of innocence is central to American law.
There is no scientific evidence to support such presumptions.
[ + that ] The decision is based on the presumption that all information must be freely available.
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Guesses and assumptions
- a shot in the dark idiom
- approximation
- assumption
- ballpark
- bet
- conjecture
- educated guess
- estimate
- guess
- guesstimate
- overestimate
- preception
- preconception
- presupposition
- proposition
- propositional
- shot
- supposition
- surmise
- underestimate
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