Refine this word faster

Stronger alternatives Opposite tone Use in context Cross-language nuance

Assumption

//əˈsʌm(p).ʃ(ə)n// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Assumption of Mary, the mother of Jesus, into heaven, a Catholic dogma.
  2. 2
    A Christian holy day of obligation (August 15) celebrating the Assumption of Mary.
Noun
  1. 1
    The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting. countable, uncountable

    "His assumption of secretarial duties was timely."

  2. 2
    the act of taking possession of or power over something wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim. countable, uncountable

    "Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty."

  4. 4
    the act of assuming or taking for granted wordnet
  5. 5
    The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition. countable, uncountable

    "No doubt a finite evaluative argument must make some unargued evaluative assumptions, just as finite factual arguments must make some unargued factual assumptions."

Show 9 more definitions
  1. 6
    audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to wordnet
  2. 7
    The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    a hypothesis that is taken for granted wordnet
  4. 9
    The taking of a person up into heaven. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  5. 10
    a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn wordnet
  6. 11
    A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended wordnet
  8. 13
    Assumptio. countable, rhetoric, uncountable
  9. 14
    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 wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English assumpcioun, from Medieval Latin assumptio (“a taking up (into heaven)”) and Latin assumptio (“a taking up, adoption, the minor proposition of a syllogism”). Doublet of assumptio; see assume.

See also for "assumption"

Synonyms Antonyms Rhymes Sentences Translate Word Type Pronunciation Word Forms

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciation

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: assumption