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Definition of Assumption

Assumption The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting. The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim. The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition. 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. Related Definitions: Act, Adopting, Ascent, Assumed, Assuming, Categorical, Claim, Festival, For, Granted, Heaven, Honor, In, Into, Mary, Minor, Of, One, Or, Person, Postulate, Proof, Proposition, Second, Self, Supposed, Supposing, Supposition, Syllogism, Taking, The, Thing, To, Unwarrantable, Up, Upon, Virgin, Without

Assumption Quotations If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance. Orville Wright Nothing can be more incorrect than the assumption one sometimes meets with, that physics has one method, chemistry another, and biology a third. Thomas Huxley I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years. Warren Buffett The assumption that nature is all there is, and that nature has been governed by the same rules at all times and places, makes it possible for natural science to be confident that it can explain such things as how life began. Phillip E. Johnson I'll tell you what the real problem is: These people are working under the assumption that they know better about what is good for kids, what kids need to learn to get ahead in this world. Daniel Greenberg

Assumption Translations Assumption in Dutch is Maria-Hemelvaart assumption in French is supposition, conjecture assumption in German is Annahme {f} assumption in Italian is accettazione, supposizione

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