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Assumption n. [
premise, premiss, assumption] 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"
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Assumption n. [
assumption, supposition, supposal] a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions"
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Assumption n. [
assumption, laying claim] 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
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Assumption n. [
Assumption of Mary, August 15] 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
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Assumption n. (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended
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