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- pronunciation:
suhmp
shn
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the act of supposing or taking for granted.
You have never met the man, and your opinion of him is based purely on assumption.- synonyms:
- presumption, presupposition, supposition
- similar words:
- conjecture, postulation, premise
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| definition 2: |
that which is supposed or taken for granted.
She was indeed lost, but his assumption that she was a tourist was incorrect.Because he was so late, she made the assumption that he'd missed his train.
- synonyms:
- presumption, supposition
- similar words:
- conjecture, guess, position, premise
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| definition 3: |
a taking on, as of a duty, role, or office.
His older brother's abdication as king forced his assumption of the throne.Her assumption of the role of caregiver for their ailing mother was a relief to her siblings.- synonyms:
- undertaking
- similar words:
- accession, adoption, appropriation
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| definition 4: |
the taking up of a human being into heaven.
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| definition 5: |
(cap.) in the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and certain other Christian churches, the feast day that commemorates the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Assumption is celebrated on August 15.
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| related words: |
axiom, belief, hypothesis, notion, postulate, principle, theory |
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