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Word: Assumption
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English (in assumption (sense 3)): from Old French asompsion or Latin assumptio(n-), from the verb assumere (see assume)
əˈsʌm(p)ʃn
a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof
Short Definition:thing accepted as true or certain to happen
Examples:- they made certain assumptions about the market
- we're working on the assumption that the time of death was after midnight
the action of taking on power or responsibility
Short Definition:taking on of power or responsibility
Examples:- the assumption of an active role in regional settlements
the reception of the Virgin Mary bodily into heaven. This was formally declared a doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church in 1950.
Short Definition:reception of Virgin Mary into heaven
arrogance or presumption.
Short Definition:arrogance or presumption
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