assumption

Nouns

  • (n) a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
    • on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play
    premise, premiss,
  • (n) a hypothesis that is taken for granted
    • any society is built upon certain assumptions
    supposal, supposition,
  • (n) the act of taking possession of or power over something
    • 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
    laying claim,
  • (n) 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 Assumption of Mary, August 15,
  • (n) (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended
  • (n) audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
    • he despised them for their presumptuousness
    effrontery, presumptuousness, presumption,
  • (n) the act of assuming or taking for granted
    • your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted

Synonyms

premise premiss supposal supposition laying claim Assumption of Mary August 15 effrontery presumptuousness presumption

Words of close approximity

assumptive
Assumption of Mary