assumption

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/əˈsʌm(p).ʃ(ə)n/

noun 5name 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

basic, fundamental, hidden, implicit, tacit, underlying, unspoken

common, conventional, general, shared, widespread

Most people operate on the common assumption that hard work leads to success.

correct, reasonable, valid | erroneous, false, flawed, incorrect, mistaken, questionable, wrong

QUANT

number, series, set

The doctor made a number of assumptions before ordering the blood tests.

VERB + ASSUMPTION

make

It's wrong to make assumptions about someone's background without actually knowing them.

base sth on, start from, work on

The company based its marketing strategy on the assumption that younger customers prefer online shopping.

accept | challenge, disprove, question, test

ASSUMPTION + VERB

underly sth, underpin sth

The basic assumptions underlying the company's business plan proved to be incorrect.

PREP

on the ~ that

We booked a larger hotel room on the assumption that our friends would join us for the trip.

~ about

Many people make wrong assumptions about what immigrants can contribute to society.

Definitions

noun

The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.

His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.

The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.

Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.

The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.

No doubt a finite evaluative argument must make some unargued evaluative assumptions, just as finite factual arguments must make some unargued factual assumptions.

The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.

The taking of a person up into heaven.

Of vvhat texte thou proveſt hell / vvill a nother prove purgatory / a nother lymbo patrum / and a nother the aſſumpcion of oure ladi: And a nother ſhall prove of the ſame texte that an Ape hath a tayle.

name

The Assumption of Mary, the mother of Jesus, into heaven, a Catholic dogma.

A Christian holy day of obligation (August 15) celebrating the Assumption of Mary.

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Synonyms

noun — audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to

presumption
presumptuousness
effrontery

noun — a hypothesis that is taken for granted

supposition
supposal

noun — a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conc

premise
premiss

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.

Wiktionary

Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.

Wiktionary

No doubt a finite evaluative argument must make some unargued evaluative assumptions, just as finite factual arguments must make some unargued factual assumptions.

Wiktionary

Basic to the argument is the assumption that the rules in question are present in the language.

Tatoeba · #59721

What he said bears out my assumption.

Tatoeba · #285241

Your assumption that his death was an accident seems to be wrong.

Tatoeba · #286487

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