assumption

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
3. (countable, uncountable) The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
4. (countable, uncountable) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
5. (countable, uncountable) The taking of a person up into heaven.
6. (countable, uncountable) A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
7. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) Assumptio.

Synonyms

supposition

hypothesis

presumption

premise

guess

conjecture

postulate

presupposition

supposal

surmise

pretension

estimation

laying claim

assume

effrontery

postulation

speculation

precondition

suppose

assuming

premiss

theory

undertaking

presumptuousness

usurpation

implication

arrogance

ascension

piracy

possibility

preamble

prejudice

prerequisite

pretending

pride

principle

proposition

reason

requirement

resumption

shebang

suggestion

superciliousness

superiority

supposed

taking

theorem

thesis

thought

💭

uptake

Translations

supposition

Annahme

suposición

hypothèse

supposizione

assunzione

asunción

υπόθεση

veronderstelling

suposição

Vermutung

supuesto

ipotesi

prémisse

congettura

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈsʌm(p).ʃ(ə)n/

Etymology

From Middle English assumpcioun, from Medieval Latin assumptio (“a taking up (into heaven)”) and Latin assumptio (“a taking up, adoption, the minor proposition of a syllogism”). Doublet of assumptio; see assume.