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assumptions definition
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Grep of noun assumption assumption assumption of mary basic assumption Overview of noun assumption The noun assumption has 6 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (341) premise, premiss, assumption -- (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") 2. (218) assumption, supposition, supposal -- (a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions") 3. (19) assumption, laying claim -- (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") 4. (1) Assumption, Assumption of Mary, August 15 -- (celebration of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended) 5. (1) presumption, presumptuousness, effrontery, assumption -- (audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to "he despised them for their presumptuousness") 6. assumption -- (the act of assuming or taking for granted; "your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted") Overview of noun assumption The noun assumption has 6 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (341) premise, premiss, assumption -- (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") 2. (218) assumption, supposition, supposal -- (a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions") 3. (19) assumption, laying claim -- (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") 4. (1) Assumption, Assumption of Mary, August 15 -- (celebration of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended) 5. (1) presumption, presumptuousness, effrontery, assumption -- (audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to "he despised them for their presumptuousness") 6. assumption -- (the act of assuming or taking for granted; "your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted")
assumptions definition
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