Words · Common
assumption
/əˈsʌmpʃən/ · 10 letters · 9 distinct letters
- noun
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
- noun
a hypothesis that is taken for granted
any society is built upon certain assumptions
- noun
the act of taking possession of or power over something
his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba
- noun
celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church
- noun
(Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended