assumption
/əˈsʌm(p).ʃ(ə)n/
assumption noun: the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
Noun
assumption (countable and uncountable, plural assumptions)
- The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
- His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.
- The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
- Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.
- The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
- No doubt a finite evaluative argument must make some unargued evaluative assumptions, just as finite factual arguments must make some unargued factual assumptions.1976, “The Journal of Aesthetic Education, Volume 10”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)
- The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
- The taking of a person up into heaven.
- Of vvhat texte thou proveſt hell / vvill a nother prove purgatory / a nother lymbo patrum / and a nother the aſſumpcion of oure ladi: And a nother ſhall prove of the ſame texte that an Ape hath a tayle.1528 October 12 (Gregorian calendar), William Tyndale, “William Tyndale other wise Called William Hychins vnto the Reader”, in The Obediẽce of a Christen Man […], [Antwerp]: [Johannes Hoochstraten]...
- A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
- Assumptio.
Proper noun capitalized: Assumption
Assumption
- The Assumption of Mary, the mother of Jesus, into heaven, a Catholic dogma.
- A Christian holy day of obligation (August 15) celebrating the Assumption of Mary.
assumption meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
assumption in Hindi
- taking of a person up into heaven
- स्वर्गारोहण svargārohaṇ
assumption in Tamil
- தற்கோள், கருதுகோள்
assumption in Urdu
- غرور, خودبینی, مفروضہ
assumption in Bengali
- অনুমান, ধারণা
More languagesFewer languages
- assumption in Malayalam
- ധാരണ dhāraṇa, വിചാരം vicāraṁ, കരുതൽ karutal
- assumption in Kannada
- ತೆಗಹು
- assumption in Indonesian
- asumsi, andaian, anggapan
Examples of assumption in a sentence
- His conclusion was erroneous, since it was based on a false assumption.
- An unstated assumption of the prisoner’s dilemma is that the parties will actually make a deal.
- Drill deeper and you may find the underlying assumptions faulty.
Forms of assumption
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Origin of assumption
From Middle English assumpcioun, from Medieval Latin assūmptiō (“a taking up (into heaven)”) and Latin assūmptiō (“a taking up, adoption, the minor proposition of a syllogism”) (whence -ion), from Latin assūmō (whence as- (“assimilated form of ad-”). See also assume. Doublet of assumptio.
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Questions about assumption
- What does assumption mean?
- Assumption means the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
- What is assumption in Hindi?
- Assumption in Hindi is स्वर्गारोहण (svargārohaṇ). See Assumption meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is assumption?
- Assumption can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce assumption?
- Assumption is pronounced /əˈsʌm(p).ʃ(ə)n/.
- What is the plural of assumption?
- The plural of assumption is assumptions.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: assumption (page history and authors); Assumption (page history and authors); assumption (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); assumption (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); assumption (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); കരുതൽ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); assumption (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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