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Definition of Assumption

1. 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"

2. Noun. A hypothesis that is taken for granted. "Any society is built upon certain assumptions"

3. Noun. The act of taking possession of or power over something. "He acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts"

4. 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.

5. Noun. (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended.

6. Noun. Audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to. "He despised them for their presumptuousness"

7. Noun. The act of assuming or taking for granted. "Your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted"

Definition of Assumption

1. n. The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.

Definition of Assumption

1. Noun. The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting. ¹

2. Noun. The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim. ¹

3. Noun. The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition. ¹

4. Noun. (logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism. ¹

5. Noun. The taking of a person up into heaven. ¹

6. Noun. A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven. ¹

7. Noun. (rhetoric) Assumptio. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Assumption

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Medical Definition of Assumption

1. 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. The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism. 5. The taking of a person up into heaven. Hence: A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven. Origin: OE. Assumpcioun a taking up into heaven, L. Assumptio a taking, fr. Assumere: cf. F. Assomption. See Assume. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Literary usage of Assumption

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Projective Geometry by Oswald Veblen, John Wesley Young (1918)
"I, and which we here put down for reference as Assumption Q. Assumption Q. There is not ... Hence we make the assumption which follows in the next section. ..."

2. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1906)
"To prevent this it was necessary to cut off all hope of assumption, ... which declared that an assumption by the General Government of the debts of the ..."

3. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1895)
"THE Assumption.1 [Feb. ? 1793.] The assumption of the State debts in 1790, was a supplementary measure in Hamilton's fiscal system. ..."

4. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1895)
"THE Assumption.1 [Feb. ? 1793.] The assumption of the State debts in 1790, was a supplementary measure in Hamilton's fiscal system. ..."

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