assumption
- Noun. The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.
- Noun. The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
- Noun. The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
- Noun. (logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
- Noun. The taking of a person up into heaven.
- Noun. A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
- Noun. (rhetoric) Assumptio.
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