English Explanatory Dictionary

assumption

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
  2. The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
  3. The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
  4. The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
  5. The taking of a person up into heaven.
  6. A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
  7. Assumptio.
name
  1. The Assumption of Mary, the mother of Jesus, into heaven, a Catholic dogma.
  2. A Christian holy day of obligation (August 15) celebrating the Assumption of Mary.

Pronunciation

/əˈsʌm(p).ʃ(ə)n/ en-us-assumption.ogg

Word forms

assumption assumptions

Etymology

From Middle English assumpcioun, from Medieval Latin assumptio (“a taking up (into heaven)”) and Latin assumptio (“a taking up, adoption, the minor proposition of a syllogism”). Doublet of assumptio; see assume.

Related words

assume assumptive

Derived words

assumption of risk Assumption Parish deed of assumption heroic assumption misassumption non-assumption nonassumption preassumption reassumption self-assumption subassumption Augustinian of the Assumption

Translations

Aragonese: asumpción Bulgarian: предположение Bulgarian: допускане Catalan: suposició Chinese Mandarin: 假设 Czech: předpoklad Danish: antagelse Dutch: veronderstelling Dutch: aanname Esperanto: supozo Finnish: oletus Finnish: olettamus French: supposition German: Annahme German: Vermutung German: Unterstellung German: Mutmaßung German: Voraussetzung German: These German: Annehmen German: Vermuten German: Unterstellen German: Mutmaßen German: Voraussetzen Greek: υπόθεση Ancient Greek: ὑπόληψις Haitian Creole: asonpsyon Haitian Creole: sipozisyon Hebrew: השערה hash'ará Hebrew: הנחה hanakhá Hungarian: feltevés Indonesian: asumsi Indonesian: andaian Indonesian: anggapan Irish: foshuíomh Italian: supposizione Macedonian: претпоставка Māori: kīpono Portuguese: suposição Portuguese: pressuposição Romanian: presupunere Russian: предположе́ние Spanish: suposición Spanish: presunción Spanish: presuposición Turkish: varsayım Ottoman Turkish: تقدیر Ukrainian: припущення
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