assumption
Other forms: assumptions
An assumption is something that you assume to be the case, even without proof. For example, people might make the assumption that you're a nerd if you wear glasses, even though that's not true. Or very nice.
From the Latin assumptionem, meaning “a taking or receiving,” assumption was recorded circa 1300 as a noun describing “the reception of the Virgin Mary into heaven.” The word later shook its religious roots and developed into the noun we hear more often today, usually when a person takes something for granted or literally takes possession of something.
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the act of assuming or taking for granted“your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted”
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position
the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
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act, deed, human action, human activity
something that people do or cause to happen
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position
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a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
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major premise, major premiss
the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion)
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minor premise, minor premiss, subsumption
the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion)
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thesis
an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument
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condition, precondition, stipulation
an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
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scenario
a postulated sequence of possible events
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warrant
(rhetoric) an assumption or underlying belief that connects evidence to a claim
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boundary condition
(mathematics) a condition specified for the solution to a set of differential equations
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provision, proviso
a stipulated condition
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a hypothesis that is taken for granted“any society is built upon certain assumptions”
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supposal, supposition
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conclusion
an intuitive assumption
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base, basis, cornerstone, foundation, fundament, groundwork
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
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given, precondition, presumption
an assumption that is taken for granted
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basic assumption, constatation, self-evident truth
an assumption that is basic to an argument
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non sequitur
(logic) a conclusion that does not follow from the premises
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meat and potatoes
the fundamental part
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hypothesis, possibility, theory
a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
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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 company's debts”
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laying claim
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acquisition
the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
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acquisition
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audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
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effrontery, presumption, presumptuousness
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uppishness, uppityness
assumption of airs beyond one's station
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audaciousness, audacity
aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery
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uppishness, uppityness
/əˈsəm(p)ʃən/
/əˈsəmpʃən/
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