assumption

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  1. noun The act of taking to or upon oneself: assumption of an obligation.
  2. noun The act of taking possession or asserting a claim: assumption of command.
  3. noun The act of taking for granted: assumption of a false theory.
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  • If you introduce an assumption into an argument, you need to then prove the negation of said assumption cannot exist, ie prove the negation of the assumption is a contradiction. —  Wired Top Stories
  • I then formulate an assumption which is shared by all practice theorists (and others) namely the assumption that we take promises seriously because they serve our interest in social co-ordination. —  Legal Theory Blog
  • After all this assumption was her main bargaining lever. —  - Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community
  • Maybe I've just looked at the wrong games or maybe the assumption is any GM worth his salt already knows how to structure a investigation-heavy plot. —  theRPGSite
  • This assumption is another facet of their investment in the delusion, and their promotion of the fraud, that Israeli action will determine Arab action and that Israeli reform and concessions will inevitably yield the wished-for Arab response. —  Israelated - English Israel blogs
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conclusion ·  notion ·  assertion ·  hypothesis ·  concept ·  belief ·  definition ·  decision ·  expectation ·  estimate ·  attitude ·  doctrine

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  1. Middle English assumpcion, from Latin assūmptiō, assūmptiōn-, adoption, from assūmptus, past participle of assūmere, to adopt; see assume.

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  1. from Middle English assumpcioun, assumptioun (of the Virgin Mary), from Middle Latin assumptio(n-), a taking up (into heaven); L., a taking up, adoption, the minor proposition of a syllogism; from assumere, past participle assumptus, take up, etc.: see assume.
 

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