assumption

1. 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 play”

   Synonymspremisepremiss

   Broaderpostulate

   Narrowermajor premiseminor premisethesisconditionscenario
2. 2.

   a hypothesis that is taken for granted

   “any society is built upon certain assumptions”

   Synonymssuppositionsupposal

   Broaderhypothesis

   Narrowerconclusionbasisgivenbasic assumption
3. 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”

   Synonymslaying claim

   Broaderacquisition
4. 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

   SynonymsAssumption of MaryAugust 15

   Broaderholy day of obligation

   Part ofAugust
5. 5.

   (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended

   Broadermiracle

   Christianity

6. 6.

   audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to

   “he despised them for their presumptuousness”

   Synonymspresumptionpresumptuousnesseffrontery

   Broaderaudacity

   Narroweruppityness
7. 7.

   the act of assuming or taking for granted

   “your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted”

   Broaderact

   Narrowerposition

Other forms of assumption

plural

assumptions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about assumption

What does assumption mean?

assumption means "a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in assumption?

assumption has 3 syllables: as-sump-tion. The stress falls on "sump". In IPA it is /əˈsʌmpʃən/.

What is another word for assumption?

Close synonyms include premise, premiss, supposition, supposal, laying claim. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is assumption a common word?

assumption is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with assumption?

1 word rhymes with assumption. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.