assumption

• "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not play"

Synonyms

• premisea statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; furnish with a preface or introduction; take something as preexisting and given
• premisstake something as preexisting and given ; a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn

• "any society is built upon certain assumptions"

Synonyms

• suppositiona message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence ; a hypothesis that is taken for granted; the cognitive process of supposing
• supposala hypothesis that is taken for granted; the cognitive process of supposing

• "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"
• "the Nazi assumption of power in 1934"
• "he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts"

Synonyms

• laying claimthe act of taking possession of or power over something

• "corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church"

Synonyms

• Assumptiona statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; a hypothesis that is taken for granted; the act of taking possession of or power over something; celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended ; audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; the act of assuming or taking for granted
• Assumption of Marycelebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended
• August 15celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended

Synonyms

• Assumptiona statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; a hypothesis that is taken for granted; the act of taking possession of or power over something; celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended ; audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; the act of assuming or taking for granted

• "he despised them for their presumptuousness"

Synonyms

• presumptionan assumption that is taken for granted ; (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed ; audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming
• presumptuousnessaudacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
• effronteryaudacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to

• "your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted"