assumption

noun

1. 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 play

Similar word(s): premise, premiss

Definition categories: communication, posit, postulate

2. a hypothesis that is taken for granted

- any society is built upon certain assumptions

Similar word(s): supposal, supposition

Definition categories: thought, hypothesis, possibility, theory

3. 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

Definition categories: act, acquisition

4. 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

Definition categories: time

5. (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended

Definition categories: event, miracle

6. audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to

Similar word(s): effrontery, presumption, presumptuousness

Definition categories: attribute, audaciousness, audacity

7. the act of assuming or taking for granted

- your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted

Definition categories: act, deed