# Assumption

Assumption, in Christianity, refers to the Assumption of Mary, a belief in the taking up of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
Assumption may also refer to:

## Places

* Assumption, Alberta, Canada
* Assumption, Illinois, United States
** Assumption Township, Christian County, Illinois
* Assumption Island, Seychelles
** Assumption Island Airport
* Assumption, Minnesota, United States
* Assumption, Nebraska, United States
* Assumption, Ohio, United States
* Assumption Parish, Louisiana, United States

## Arts, entertainment, and media

* "Assumption" (short story), a 1929 story by Samuel Beckett
* Assumption of Moses, a Jewish apocryphal pseudepigraphical work of uncertain date and authorship
* "Assumptions" (Doctors), a 2003 television episode
* "Assumptions" (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), a 2019 television episode

## Churches

* Assumption Chapel, Minnesota, United States
* Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Michigan, United States
* Assumption – St. Paul, New York, United States
* Cathedral of the Assumption (disambiguation)
* Church of the Assumption (disambiguation)

## Logic

* Closed-world assumption, the presumption that a statement that is true is also known to be true, and a statement not known to be true is false
* Open-world assumption, assumption that the truth value of a statement may be true irrespective of whether or not it is known to be true
* Tacit assumption, belief applied in developing a logical argument or decision that is not explicitly voiced nor necessarily understood by the decision maker
** Presupposition, a tacit assumption about the world or background belief relating to an utterance
* Unique name assumption, in logics where different names always refer to different entities in the world
* Responsibility assumption

## Schools
### Australia

* Assumption College, Kilmore, Victoria
* Assumption College, Warwick, Queensland

### Canada

* Assumption Catholic Secondary School, Burlington, Ontario
* Assumption College School, Windsor, Ontario
* Assumption College School (Brantford), Ontario
* Assumption University (Windsor, Ontario)

### India

* Assumption College, Changanasserry, Kerala

### Japan

* Assumption Junior College, Osaka Prefecture

### Philippines

* Assumption Antipolo
* Assumption College of Davao, Davao City
* Assumption College San Lorenzo, Makati City
* Assumption Iloilo, Iloilo City
* University of the Assumption, Pampanga

### Singapore

* Assumption English School

### Thailand

* Assumption College Sriracha, Chonburi Province
* Assumption College (Thailand)
* Assumption University (Thailand), Bangkok

### UK (Northern Ireland)

* Assumption Grammar School, Ballynahinch, County Down, Northern Ireland

### United States

* Academy of the Assumption, Florida
* Assumption Catholic School, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston
* Assumption University, Massachusetts
* Assumption College for Sisters, New Jersey
* Assumption High School (Iowa)
* Assumption High School (Kentucky)
* Assumption High School (Louisiana)
* Assumption High School (Wisconsin)
* Assumption Preparatory School, Massachusetts
* Assumption School, Illinois
* Assumption School (Saint Paul, Minnesota)