assumption
The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
Example
“His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.”
Other meanings
The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
“Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.”
The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
Related words
- misassumption
- nonassumption
- preassumption
- reassumption
- subassumption
- Assumption Parish
- deed of assumption
- heroic assumption
- assumption of risk
- non-assumption
- self-assumption
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "assūmō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “assumption” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.