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   assumption

   /əˈsʌm(p)ʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof: "they made certain assumptions about the market" Similar suppositionpresuppositionpresumptionpremisebeliefexpectationconjecturespeculationsurmiseguesstheoryhypothesispostulationconclusiondeductioninferencethoughtsuspicionnotionimpressionfancyguessworkguessingreckoninginformal:guesstimate
   • 2. the action of taking on power or responsibility: "the assumption of an active role in regional settlements" Similar acceptanceshoulderinghandlingmanagingtacklingtaking onundertakingentering onsetting aboutembarkation onseizureseizingtakingtaking overtaking awayappropriationappropriatingcommandeeringexpropriationexpropriatingconfiscationconfiscatingrequisitionrequisitioninghijackhijackingwrestingusurpingpre-emptingarrogationclaiming
   • 3. the reception of the Virgin Mary bodily into heaven. This was formally declared a doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church in 1950.
   • ▪ the feast in honour of the Assumption, celebrated on 15 August.
   • 4. arrogance or presumption. archaic

   Word Origin Middle English (in assumption (sense 3)): from Old French asompsion or Latin assumptio(n-), from the verb assumere (see assume).

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