assumption

  • 121assumption — Belief posited at the outset of an argument as a basis for deduction and inference. Commonly confused with a hypothesis, a conclusion at the end of the argument or an inference based on empirical data …

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  • 122Assumption — Teori, antagelse …

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  • 123assumption — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of taking for granted] Syn. supposition, presupposition, presumption, supposal, conjecture, assuming, taking for granted, accepting, suspicion, surmise, theorization, hypothesization. Ant. proof*, demonstrating,… …

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  • 124ASSUMPTION —    a presupposition or POSTULATE. Something that is taken as a given in any argument …

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  • 125assumption — sb. (Feast of the). RG. 570 …

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  • 126assumption — as·sump·tion || É™ sÊŒmpʃn n. supposition, hypothesis; seizure, act of taking …

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  • 127assumption — n. 1. Assuming, taking, taking on, taking up, accepting, becoming responsible for. 2. Assuming, arrogating, usurpation. 3. Presumption, supposition, conjecture, hypothesis, postulate, theory. 4. Haughtiness, loftiness, superciliousness,… …

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  • 128assumption — n 1. supposition, presupposition, premise, presumption; guess, guesswork, conjecture; surmise, inference, deduction, understanding; thesis, hypothesis, theory, postulate, postulation, axiom. 2. taking on or over, assuming, undertaking, adopting,… …

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