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Assumption Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Assumption? [n] 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" [n] the act of assuming or taking for granted; "your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted" [n] audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness" [n] a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions" [n] 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" [n] (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended [n] celebration of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended Synonyms \| Synonyms for Assumption: Assumption of Mary \| 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[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. --Whewell. 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. --Thodey. That calm assumption of the virtues. --W. Black. 3. The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition. Hold! says the Stoic; your assumption's wrong. --Dryden. 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.

Assumption Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Assumption?

[n] 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"
[n] the act of assuming or taking for granted; "your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted"
[n] audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness"
[n] a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions"
[n] 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"
[n] (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended
[n] celebration of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended

Assumption In Webster's Dictionary

\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.          --Whewell.

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. --Thodey.

         That calm assumption of the virtues.  --W. Black.

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

         Hold! says the Stoic; your assumption's wrong.
                                               --Dryden.

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.

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