assumption

[As*sump·tion]

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

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The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.

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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 compan

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the act of assuming or taking for granted; "your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted"

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audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness"

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a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions"

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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"

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

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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


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The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.

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

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

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The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.

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The taking of a person up into heaven.

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A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.


Assumption

As*sump"tion (?; 215), n. [OE. assumpcioun a taking up into heaven, L. assumptio a taking, fr. assumere: cf. F. assomption. See Assume.] 1. The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.
The assumption of authority.
2. The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim.
This gives no sanction to the unwarrantable assumption that the soul sleeps from the period of death to the resurrection of the body.
That calm assumption of the virtues.
3. The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
Hold! says the Stoic; your assumption's wrong.
4. (Logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism. 5. The taking of a person up into heaven. Hence: (Rom. Cath. & Greek Churches) A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.

The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.

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Usage Examples

I thin many people's deviant behavior starts with dreams because dreams are so non-linear... as if there's an assumption that everything has to be linear or has to be plotted.

This assumption of Negro leadership in the ghetto, then, must not be confined to matters of religion, education, and social uplift it must deal with such fundamental forces in life as make these things possible.

Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice. Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.

People really do make the assumption that I had some weirdo Hollywood upbringing, but my parents are incredibly down-to-earth people who worked really hard to raise us in a way that was health.

If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.

The assumption is that the right kind of society is an organic being not merely analogous to an organic being, but actually a living structure with appetites and digestions, instincts and passions, intelligence and reason.

I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years.

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Other Usage Examples

I don't personally try to balance my work because I operate under the assumption that anyone reading or watching my stuff isn't having a particularly balanced day anyway. But negative attitudes just amuse me more than positive ones.

The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity overcomes religion.

The assumption that nature is all there is, and that nature has been governed by the same rules at all times and places, makes it possible for natural science to be confident that it can explain such things as how life began.

Society is based on the assumption that everyone is alike and no one is alive.

As I get older I think, contrary to modern assumption but in line with the old Lerner and Lowe song, that it would actually benefit both them and society if - to quote Professor Higgins - a woman could be more like a man.

You know, I start with the assumption that -or with, with the belief that this president has to succeed. We all have an enormous amount of capital invested in his success. His success is the country's success.

When somebody has an enormous success in this culture, people start asking two questions, which are 'What are you doing now?' and 'How are you going to beat that?' And I have to say, I love the assumption that your intention is to beat yourself constantly - that you're in battle against yourself.

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