noun
- A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn.
- usage: "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"
- A hypothesis that is taken for granted.
- usage: "any society is built upon certain assumptions"
- synonyms: supposition, supposal
- The act of taking possession of or power over something.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: laying claim
- 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.
- synonyms: Assumption of Mary, August 15
- 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.
- usage: "he despised them for their presumptuousness"
- synonyms: presumption, presumptuousness, effrontery
- The act of assuming or taking for granted.
- usage: "your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted"
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