assumption
21assumption — as|sump|tion [ ə sʌmpʃən ] noun ** 1. ) count something you consider likely to be true even though no one has told you directly or even though you have no proof: Your argument is based on a completely false assumption. assumption that: There is… …
22assumption — noun 1 (C) something that you think is true although you have no proof: make an assumption: A lot of people make the assumption that poverty only exists in the Third World. | on the assumption that: I m working on the assumption that the money… …
23assumption — [[t]əsʌ̱mpʃ(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦♦ assumptions 1) N COUNT: usu with supp, oft N that, adj N, N of n, on N If you make an assumption that something is true or will happen, you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real proof. They have… …
24assumption — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin assumption , assumptio taking up, from Latin assumere Date: 13th century 1. a. the taking up of a person into heaven b. capitalized August 15 observed in commemoration of the Assumption of the… …
25assumption — A proposition is treated as an assumption when it is added to a stock of premises of an argument . The conclusion is then conditional upon that assumption, unless the assumption can be discharged, or shown to be unnecessary, in the course of the… …
26assumption — noun 1) an informed assumption Syn: supposition, presumption, belief, expectation, conjecture, speculation, surmise, guess, premise, hypothesis; conclusion, deduction, inference; rare illation, notion, impression 2) …
27assumption — noun /əˈsʌmp.ʃən/ a) The act of assuming, or taking to or upon ones self; the act of taking up or adopting. His assumption of secretarial duties was timely. b) The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an… …
28assumption — Synonyms and related words: a priori principle, about face, acceptance, accession, acquisition, admission, admittance, adoption, affirmation, alchemy, allegory, allusion, anointing, anointment, apotheosis, appointment, appropriation, apriorism,… …
29assumption — noun 1》 a thing that is assumed as true. 2》 the action of assuming responsibility or control. 3》 (Assumption) the reception of the Virgin Mary bodily into heaven, according to Roman Catholic doctrine. ↘the feast in honour of the Assumption,… …
30Assumption — Original name in latin Assumption Name in other language State code US Continent/City America/Chicago longitude 39.52032 latitude 89.04897 altitude 196 Population 1828 Date 2011 11 02 …
