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Assumption : (noun)
1: a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a
conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has
been injured we can infer that he will not to play"
[syn: premise, premiss]
2: a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is
built upon certain assumptions" [syn: supposition, supposal]
3: the act of taking possession of or power over something;
"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" [syn: laying
claim]
4: celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin
Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life
ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern
Orthodox church [syn: Assumption, Assumption of Mary,
August 15]
5: audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right
to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness" [syn: presumption,
presumptuousness, effrontery]
6: (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the
Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended [syn: Assumption]
7: the act of assuming or taking for granted; "your assumption
that I would agree was unwarranted"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Assumption : \As*sump"tion\ (?; 215), n. [OE. assumpcioun a taking
up into heaven, L. assumptio a taking, fr. assumere: cf. F.
assomption. See Assume.]
1. The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the
act of taking up or adopting.
The assumption of authority. --Whewell.
2. The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing
without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim.
This gives no sanction to the unwarrantable
assumption that the soul sleeps from the period of
death to the resurrection of the body. --Thodey.
That calm assumption of the virtues. --W. Black.
3. The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a
supposition.
Hold! says the Stoic; your assumption's wrong.
--Dryden.
4. (Logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical
syllogism.
5. The taking of a person up into heaven. Hence: (Rom. Cath.
& Greek Churches) A festival in honor of the ascent of the
Virgin Mary into heaven.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Assumption, IL (city, FIPS 2609)
Location: 39.51796 N, 89.04843 W
Population (1990): 1244 (579 housing units)
Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 62510
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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