assumption
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: 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.
Base: -ion
Affixes: -
Inflected forms:
form: assumptions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.
gloss: The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.
gloss: The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: No doubt a finite evaluative argument must make some unargued evaluative assumptions, just as finite factual arguments must make some unargued factual assumptions.
gloss: The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The taking of a person up into heaven.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Assumptio.
pos: noun
tags: countable
rhetoric
uncountable
Related words: assume
assumptive
Derived words: assumption of risk
Assumption Parish
deed of assumption
heroic assumption
misassumption
non-assumption
nonassumption
preassumption
reassumption
self-assumption
subassumption
Translations:
lang: Aragonese
word: asumpción
lang: Bulgarian
word: предположение
roman: predpoloženie
lang: Bulgarian
word: допускане
roman: dopuskane
lang: Catalan
word: suposició
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 假设
roman: jiǎshè
lang: Czech
word: předpoklad
lang: Danish
word: antagelse
lang: Dutch
word: veronderstelling
lang: Dutch
word: aanname
lang: Esperanto
word: supozo
lang: Finnish
word: oletus
lang: Finnish
word: olettamus
lang: French
word: supposition
lang: German
word: Annahme
lang: German
word: Vermutung
lang: German
word: Unterstellung
lang: German
word: Mutmaßung
lang: German
word: Voraussetzung
lang: German
word: These
lang: German
word: Annehmen
lang: German
word: Vermuten
lang: German
word: Unterstellen
lang: German
word: Mutmaßen
lang: German
word: Voraussetzen
lang: Greek
word: υπόθεση
roman: ypóthesi
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ὑπόληψις
roman: hupólēpsis
lang: Haitian Creole
word: asonpsyon
lang: Haitian Creole
word: sipozisyon
lang: Hebrew
word: השערה hash'ará
lang: Hebrew
word: הנחה hanakhá
lang: Hungarian
word: feltevés
lang: Indonesian
word: asumsi
lang: Indonesian
word: andaian
lang: Indonesian
word: anggapan
lang: Irish
word: foshuíomh
lang: Italian
word: supposizione
lang: Macedonian
word: претпоставка
roman: pretpostavka
lang: Māori
word: kīpono
lang: Portuguese
word: suposição
lang: Portuguese
word: pressuposição
lang: Romanian
word: presupunere
lang: Russian
word: предположе́ние
roman: predpoložénije
lang: Spanish
word: suposición
lang: Spanish
word: presunción
lang: Spanish
word: presuposición
lang: Turkish
word: varsayım
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: تقدیر
roman: takdir
lang: Ukrainian
word: припущення
roman: prypuščennja