assumption

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see also: Assumption

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈsʌmp.ʃən/

Noun

assumption

1. The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.

   His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.

2. 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.

3. The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
4. (logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
5. The taking of a person up into heaven.
6. A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
7. (rhetoric) Assumptio.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:supposition

Related terms

• assume
• assumptive

Translations

• French: assomption
• German: Übernahme
• Italian: assunzione
• Russian: приня́тие на себя́
• Spanish: asunción

Translations

• French: supposition
• Italian: supposizione
• Portuguese: suposição, pressuposição
• Russian: предположе́ние
• Spanish: suposición

Translations

• French: supposition, hypothèse
• German: Annahme
• Italian: assunzione
• Portuguese: pressuposto, pressuposição

Translations

• French: proposition, prémisse
• Russian: посы́лка

Translations

• French: assomption
• German: Himmelfahrt, (Switzerland and Lichtenstein) Auffahrt
• Portuguese: assunção

Translations

• French: assomption
• Portuguese: assunção

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Assumption

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Proper noun

1. The Assumption of Mary, the mother of Jesus, into heaven, a Catholic dogma.
2. A Catholic holy day of obligation (August 15) celebrating the Assumption of Mary.

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