Meaning of Assumption | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
   countable, uncountable
2. The Assumption of Mary, the mother of Jesus, into heaven, a Catholic dogma
3. The Assumption of Mary, the mother of Jesus, into heaven, a Catholic dogma.
4. The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
   countable, uncountable
5. A Christian holy day of obligation (August 15) celebrating the Assumption of Mary
6. A Christian holy day of obligation (August 15) celebrating the Assumption of Mary.
7. pretended; not genuine. assumed astonishment; He wrote under an assumed name (= not using his real name). onegte, skuilend غَير حَقيقي، مُنْتَحَـل фалшив falso předstíraný, nepravý vorgetäuscht; angenommen påtaget; falsk προσποιητόςpresunto; falso teeseldud, vale- فرضی؛ غیرواقعی teennäinen feint, d'empruntבדוי कल्पित lažan ál pura-pura uppgerðar-, falskur falso みせかけの 가장한 apsimestinis, netikras pieņemts; neīsts berpura-pura voorgewend, onechtpåtatt, falsk udawany, przybrany غیر واقعی ، فرضی fa...
8. The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
   countable, uncountable
9. something assumed. On the assumption that we can produce four pages an hour, the work will be finished tomorrow. aanname إفْتِراض предположение suposição předpoklad die Annahme forudsætning; antagelse (προ)ϋπόθεση supuesto eeldus فرض oletus hypothèseהשערה, הנחה अनुमान pretpostavka feltevés dugaan sem ráð er fyrir gert, ætlaður ipotesi, supposizione 仮定 가정 prielaida pieņēmums dengan menganggap veronderstellingantakelse, sett at ...założenie قرض کول suposição supoziţie предположение; допущение p...
10. The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
    countable, uncountable
11. The act of taking to or upon oneself: assumption of an obligation.
12. The taking of a person up into heaven.
    countable, uncountable
13. The act of taking possession or asserting a claim: assumption of command.
14. A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
    countable, uncountable
15. The act of taking for granted: assumption of a false theory.
16. Assumptio.
    countable, rhetoric, uncountable
17. Something taken for granted or accepted as true without proof; a supposition: a valid assumption.
18. Presumption; arrogance.
19. Logic A minor premise.
    Logic
20. Assumption Christianity The taking up of the Virgin Mary into heaven in body and soul after her death, observed as a feast on August 15.
    Christianity
21. the act of taking something for granted or something that is taken for granted

Equivalents

Examples

“His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.”

“Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.”

“No doubt a finite evaluative argument must make some unargued evaluative assumptions, just as finite factual arguments must make some unargued factual assumptions.”

“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.”

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