assumptions

1. a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawnExamples: "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"Synonyms: assumption, premise, premiss

2. a hypothesis that is taken for grantedExamples: "any society is built upon certain assumptions"Synonyms: assumption, supposal, supposition

3. the act of taking possession of or power over somethingExamples: "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"Synonyms: assumption, laying claim

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 ChurchSynonyms: Assumption, Assumption of Mary, August 15

5. (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had endedSynonyms: Assumption

6. audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right toExamples: "he despised them for their presumptuousness"Synonyms: assumption, effrontery, presumption, presumptuousness