Assumption Meaning and Definition
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Word: Assumption
How to pronounce: əˈsʌmpʃn
Noun
Definitions:
1. A thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof.
Example sentences: "They made certain assumptions about the market"
2. The action of taking on power or responsibility.
Example sentences: "The assumption of an active role in regional settlements"
3. The reception of the Virgin Mary bodily into heaven. This was formally declared a doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church in 1950.The feast in honour of the Assumption, celebrated on 15 August.
Example sentences: "His Requiem Mass was celebrated in the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary."
4. Arrogance or presumption.
Synonyms:
hypothesis
sumption
speculation
suggestion
conjecture
proposition
supposal
dormition
assumption of mary
supposition
postulate
presumption
premiss
presupposition
expectation
belief
inference
premise
presumptuousness
pretense
pretence
surmise
haughtiness
hauteur
presuming
hypothetical
given
Derivations:
assumed
assumptive
assume
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Assumption in Other Languages...
Spanish: Supuesto
German: Annahme
French: Hypothèse
Italian: Ipotesi
Turkish: Varsayım