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assumption
(mass) | assumption
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assumption
(encz) | assumption,domněnka n: Zdeněk Brož |
assumption
(encz) | assumption,předpoklad |
assumption
(encz) | Assumption,nanebevzetí n: [náb.] Roman K. Lukáš |
Assumption
(gcide) | Assumption \As*sump"tion\ (?; 215), n. [OE. assumpcioun a taking
up into heaven, L. assumptio a taking, fr. assumere: cf. F.
assomption. See Assume.]
1. The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the
act of taking up or adopting.
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The assumption of authority. --Whewell.
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2. The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing
without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim.
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This gives no sanction to the unwarrantable
assumption that the soul sleeps from the period of
death to the resurrection of the body. --Thodey.
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That calm assumption of the virtues. --W. Black.
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3. The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a
supposition.
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Hold! says the Stoic; your assumption's wrong.
--Dryden.
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4. (Logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical
syllogism.
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5. The taking of a person up into heaven. Hence: (Rom. Cath.
& Greek Churches) A festival in honor of the ascent of the
Virgin Mary into heaven.
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assumption
(wn) | assumption
n 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 to play" [syn:
premise, premiss, assumption]
2: a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built
upon certain assumptions" [syn: assumption, supposition,
supposal]
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" [syn: 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 Church
[syn: 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 ended
6: audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to;
"he despised them for their presumptuousness" [syn:
presumption, presumptuousness, effrontery,
assumption]
7: the act of assuming or taking for granted; "your assumption
that I would agree was unwarranted" |
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assumptions
(encz) | assumptions,domněnky n: pl. Zdeněk Brožassumptions,předpoklady n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
conflicting assumptions
(encz) | conflicting assumptions, |
simplifying assumption
(encz) | simplifying assumption, |
Assumption
(gcide) | Assumption \As*sump"tion\ (?; 215), n. [OE. assumpcioun a taking
up into heaven, L. assumptio a taking, fr. assumere: cf. F.
assomption. See Assume.]
1. The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the
act of taking up or adopting.
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The assumption of authority. --Whewell.
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2. The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing
without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim.
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This gives no sanction to the unwarrantable
assumption that the soul sleeps from the period of
death to the resurrection of the body. --Thodey.
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That calm assumption of the virtues. --W. Black.
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3. The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a
supposition.
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Hold! says the Stoic; your assumption's wrong.
--Dryden.
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4. (Logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical
syllogism.
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5. The taking of a person up into heaven. Hence: (Rom. Cath.
& Greek Churches) A festival in honor of the ascent of the
Virgin Mary into heaven.
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Reassumption
(gcide) | Reassume \Re`as*sume"\ (r[=e]`[a^]s*s[=u]m"), v. t.
To assume again or anew; to resume. -- Re`as*sump"tion
(r[=e]`[a^]s*s[u^]mp"sh[u^]n), n.
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assumption of mary
(wn) | Assumption of Mary
n 1: 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 [syn: Assumption, Assumption of Mary, {August
15}] |
basic assumption
(wn) | basic assumption
n 1: an assumption that is basic to an argument [syn: {basic
assumption}, constatation, self-evident truth] |
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