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assumption in WordNet English dictionary
noun- 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"
assumption laying claim
- the act of assuming or taking for granted
"your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted"
assumption
- audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
"he despised them for their presumptuousness"
presumption presumptuousness effrontery assumption
- a hypothesis that is taken for granted
"any society is built upon certain assumptions"
assumption supposition supposal
- 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"
premise premiss assumption
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University