ASSUMPTION

assumption, laying claim

(noun) 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”

assumption

(noun) the act of assuming or taking for granted; “your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted”

presumption, presumptuousness, effrontery, assumption

(noun) audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; “he despised them for their presumptuousness”

assumption, supposition, supposal

(noun) a hypothesis that is taken for granted; “any society is built upon certain assumptions”

premise, premiss, assumption

(noun) 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 play”

Assumption

(noun) (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended

Assumption, Assumption of Mary, August

(noun) 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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

assumption (countable and uncountable, plural assumptions)

The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.

The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.

The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.

(logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.

The taking of a person up into heaven.

A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.

(rhetoric) Assumptio.

Synonyms

• See also supposition

Proper noun

Assumption

The Assumption of Mary, the mother of Jesus, into heaven, a Catholic dogma.

A Catholic holy day of obligation (August 15) celebrating the Assumption of Mary.

Source: Wiktionary

As*sump"tion, n. Etym: [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. The assumption of authority. Whewell.

2. The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim. This gives no sanction to the unwarrantable assumption that the soul sleeps from the period of death to the resurrection of the body. Thodey. That calm assumption of the virtues. W. Black.

3. The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition. Hold! says the Stoic; your assumption's wrong. Dryden.

4. (Logic)

Definition: The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.

5. The taking of a person up into heaven. Hence: (Rom. Cath. & Greek Churches)

Definition: A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition