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assumption

English

🔊 the act of taking possession of or power over something
“his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba”
🔊 the act of assuming or taking for granted
“your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted”
🔊 a hypothesis that is taken for granted
“any society is built upon certain assumptions”
🔊 (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended
🔊 celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended
🔊 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”
🔊 audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
“he despised them for their presumptuousness”