assumption

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Something you accept as true without proof.

   Their plan was based on the assumption that prices would rise.

2. 2
   noun

   The act of believing something is true without checking it.

   Your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted.

3. 3
   noun

   The act of taking on a job, role, or power.

   His assumption of office coincided with the economic crisis.

Common collocations

• basic assumption Adjective + noun

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.

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