assumption
11Assumption — [ə sʌmpʃən, englisch], kleine Koralleninsel im Indischen Ozean nördlich von Madagaskar, gehört zur Republik Seychellen …
12assumption — presupposition, postulate, posit, presumption, premise (see under PRESUPPOSE) Analogous words: *hypothesis, theory: *principle, fundamental, axiom, theorem: conjecture, surmise (see under CONJECTURE vb) …
13assumption — [ə sump′shən] n. 1. Religion the taking up of a person into heaven 2. [A ] R.C.Ch. a) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary into heaven after her death b) a church festival on Aug. 15 celebrating this 3. the act of assuming; a… …
14Assumption — In logic an assumption is a proposition that is taken for granted, as if it were true based upon presupposition without preponderance of the facts. An assumption that is considered to be self evident or otherwise fundamental is called an axiom.… …
15assumption — n. 1) to make an assumption 2) an erroneous, false; implicit; reasonable; safe; valid assumption 3) an assumption about; of (to make an assumption of guilt) 4) an assumption that + clause (we all made the assumption that the new company would… …
16assumption — /euh sump sheuhn/, n. 1. something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. 2. the act of taking for granted or supposing. 3. the act of taking to or upon oneself. 4. the act of taking possession of something: the assumption of… …
17assumption */*/ — UK [əˈsʌmpʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms assumption : singular assumption plural assumptions 1) [countable] something that you consider likely to be true even though no one has told you directly or even though you have no proof Your argument is… …
18assumption — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ basic, fundamental, key ▪ hidden, implicit, tacit, underlying, unspoken ▪ There is an underlying a …
19assumption — as|sump|tion W2S2 [əˈsʌmpʃən] n 1.) something that you think is true although you have no definite proof assumption that ▪ A lot of people make the assumption that poverty only exists in the Third World. ▪ My calculations were based on the… …
20assumption — Becoming responsible for the liabilities ( liability) of another party. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * assumption UK US /əˈsʌmʃən/ noun ► [S] something that you accept as true, although you have no proof: make an assumption about sb/sth »We …
