assumption en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /əˈsʌm(p).ʃ(ə)n/
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin assūmō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin assūmptiōder. Middle English assumpciounder. English assumption 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.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
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(countable, uncountable) The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
No doubt a finite evaluative argument must make some unargued evaluative assumptions, just as finite factual arguments must make some unargued factual assumptions.
1976, “The Journal of Aesthetic Education, Volume 10”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- (countable, uncountable) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
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(countable, uncountable) The taking of a person up into heaven.
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.
1528 October 12 (Gregorian calendar), William Tyndale, “William Tyndale other wise Called William Hychins vnto the Reader”, in The Obediẽce of a Christen Man […], [Antwerp]: [Johannes Hoochstraten], →OCLC, folio xix, recto:
- (countable, uncountable) A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
- (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) Assumptio.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| assumptions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
self-assumption · nonassumption · heroic assumption · deed of assumption · Assumption Parish · reassumption · assumption of risk · misassumption · preassumption · subassumption · non-assumption
Relateds
Translations (164)
de Himmelfahrt (taking of a person up into heaven) · ru посы́лка (the minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism) · he עלייה השמיימה (taking of a person up into heaven) · mi pūmāramarama (thing supposed) · de Annahme (the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself) · ro Adormirea Maicii Domnului (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · ga Deastógáil (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · vec asunsion (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · bg приемане (the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself) · de Vermutung (thing supposed) · it presupposto (thing supposed) · grc ἀνάληψις (the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself) · ca assumpció (taking of a person up into heaven) · ga foshuíomh (the minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism) · ca Assumpció (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · nl aanname (thing supposed) · ota تقدیر (supposition) · ht sipozisyon (supposition) · hi स्वर्गारोहण (taking of a person up into heaven) · an asumpción (the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself) · de Voraussetzung (supposition) · lb Mariä Himmelfaart (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · cs Nanebevzetí Panny Marie (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · tr varsayım (supposition) · de Unterstellung (thing supposed) · fr assomption (taking of a person up into heaven) · gl asunción (the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself) · tr varsayım (the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself) · pt assunção (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · an asumpción (supposition) · nl op zich nemen (the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself) · fr proposition (the minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism) · gl asunción (taking of a person up into heaven) · cmn 假設 /假设 (the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself) · fr prémisse (the minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism) · de Unterstellen (supposition) · hu feltevés (supposition) · fi olettamus (thing supposed) · fr assomption (the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself) · ca proposició (the minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism) · fi ottaminen (the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself) · ca hipòtesi (thing supposed) · ro supoziție f ipoteză (thing supposed) · es asunción (the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself) · mk претпоставка (supposition) · ro presupunere (supposition) · de Annehmen (supposition) · nl hemelvaart (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · ru приня́тие на себя́ (the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself) · fr supposition (thing supposed) · pl wniebowzięcie (taking of a person up into heaven) · mi whakatarunatanga (thing supposed) · it supposizione (supposition) · de Himmelfahrt (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · ga foshuíomh (supposition) · pt pressuposição (supposition) · de Anmaßung (the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself) · fi taivaaseenastuminen (taking of a person up into heaven) · de Assumtion (taking of a person up into heaven) · el ανάληψη (the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself) · an asumpción (the minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism) · fi alipremissi (the minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism) · de Mutmaßung (supposition) · he השערה hash'ará (thing supposed) · it ipotesi (thing supposed) · fr assomption (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · de Vermutung (supposition) · ca premissa menor (the minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism) · da optagelse i himlen (taking of a person up into heaven) · tr varsayım (thing supposed) · el ανάληψη (taking of a person up into heaven) · pt pressuposto (thing supposed) · he הנחה hanakhá (supposition) · de Auffahrt (taking of a person up into heaven) · he הנחה hanakhá (thing supposed) · sl Marijino vnebovzetje (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · bg допускане (supposition) · ro asumare (the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself) · bg предположение (thing supposed) · ht asonpsyon (supposition) · bg успение (taking of a person up into heaven) · ca supòsit (thing supposed) · he העלייה השמימה f Haaliyá Hashamayma (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · it assunzione (the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself) · nl Tenhemelopneming (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · da antagelse (supposition) · de Voraussetzung (thing supposed) · uk припущення (supposition) · el υπόθεση (thing supposed) · de Vermuten (supposition) · de Unterstellung (supposition) · sv himmelsfärd (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · ca suposició (thing supposed) · de These (supposition) · pl przypuszczenie (thing supposed) · ga foshuíomh (thing supposed) · nl hemelvaart (taking of a person up into heaven) · ru предположе́ние (supposition) · fr hypothèse (thing supposed) · ca assumpció (the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself) · de Mutmaßen (supposition) · id andaian (supposition) · da antagelse (thing supposed) · vec asunsion (taking of a person up into heaven) · fi Neitsyt Marian taivaaseen ottamisen päivä (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · de Annahme (thing supposed) · ka ვარაუდი (the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself) · an asumpción (thing supposed) · oc Assompcion (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · fi omaksuminen (the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself) · nl Mariahemelvaart (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · pt assunção (taking of a person up into heaven) · nl veronderstelling (supposition) · pl Wniebowzięcie (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · es asunción (taking of a person up into heaven) · da himmelfart (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · de Übernahme (the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself) · an asumpción (taking of a person up into heaven) · hu mennybemenetel (taking of a person up into heaven) · fr supposition (supposition) · gl asunción (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · de Mariä Himmelfahrt (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · eo supozo (the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself) · id asumsi (supposition) · da formodning (thing supposed) · eo supozo (supposition) · cs předpoklad (supposition) · bg Успение Богородично (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · pt pressuposição (thing supposed) · grc ὑπόληψις (supposition) · ro presupunere (thing supposed) · bg допускане (thing supposed) · mi kīpono (supposition) · it Assunzione (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · co Assunta (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · fi olettamus (supposition) · lt Žolinė (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · de Annahme (supposition) · hu Nagyboldogasszony (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · el υπόθεση (supposition) · el Κοίμηση της Θεοτόκου (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · la assumptio (the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself) · he השערה hash'ará (supposition) · nl veronderstelling (thing supposed) · co assunta (the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself) · pt suposição (supposition) · lb Léiffrawëschdag (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · fi oletus (thing supposed) · an asumpción (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · it supposizione (thing supposed) · vec asunsion (the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself) · ro înălțare (taking of a person up into heaven) · de Voraussetzen (supposition) · de Mutmaßung (thing supposed) · fi oletus (supposition) · ca suposició (supposition) · id asumsi (thing supposed) · uk внебовзятие (taking of a person up into heaven) · nl aanname (supposition) · es asunción (festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven) · id anggapan (supposition) · de These (thing supposed) · bg предположение (supposition) · cmn 假设 (supposition)