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• n  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
• n  a hypothesis that is taken for granted
  any society is built upon certain assumptions
• n  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
• n  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
• n  (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended
• n  audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
• n  the act of assuming or taking for granted
  your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted

• Normally, that would be a safe assumption but we're learning not to assume anything as the charcoal-dreary economic winter approaches.
• As the Bronx-born daughter of Puerto Rican immigrants, Lopez, 36, has an outsider's hunger and a native's assumption of infinite possibility.
• The Globe not only on its editorial page but also in its news columns is an abscess of smug, unexamined left-wing assumption, which is just as unhealthy as smug, unexamined .

• premise
• premiss
• supposition
• supposal
• laying claim
• Assumption
• Assumption of Mary
• August 15
• presumption
• presumptuousness
• effrontery

News & Articles

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• Assumption quartet earns all-state honors
  The Davenport Assumption girls soccer team captured its third consecutive state championship last Saturday.
  June 12, 2013 - Quad-City Times
• Assumption Parish sheriff believes Labadieville man drowned in Grand Isle
  The Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Office says a Labadieville man was found dead off Grand Isle beach Monday.
  June 11, 2013 - WDSU New Orleans
• Assumption Soccer Seniors Leave Mark
  Assumption Seniors leave a lasting legacy on the soccer program.
  June 10, 2013 - WQAD Moline

Quotes

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• David Petraeus in New York Times
  My assumption of command represents a change in personnel, not a change in policy or strategy,General Petraeus said.
• John Paul Stevens in Los Angeles Times
  As Justice John Paul Stevens wrote in dissent: "If taken seriously, our colleagues' assumption that the identity of a speaker has no relevance to the government's ability to regulate political speech would lead to some remarkable conclusions. Such...
• Stephen Harper in Vancouver Sun
  These objectives were based on the assumption aboriginal cultures and spiritual beliefs were inferior and unequal,said Harper. "Indeed, some sought, as it was infamously said, 'to kill the Indian in the child.' "