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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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   What happens if you make an assumption that something is true?

   • If you make an assumption that something is true or will happen, you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real proof. They have taken a wrong turning in their assumption that all men and women think alike. ...the scientific assumption on which the global warming theory is based.

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   What is a common assumption of responsibility?

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   What is a correct assumption?

   • a correct assumption. the act of taking for granted or supposing. the act of taking to or upon oneself. the assumption of power. arrogance; presumption. the taking over of another's debts or obligations. Ecclesiastical. (often initial capital letter) the bodily taking up into heaven of the Virgin Mary.

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   Do we need a basic set of assumptions?

   • We need to establish a basic set of assumptions before we can continue. Your argument is based on a set of questionable assumptions. The underlying assumption is that young people are incapable of knowing their own minds. There is a general but false assumption that intelligent people do better in life.

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