assumption : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: assumption	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for assumption
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
assumption n 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" Synonym(s): premise, premiss, assumption a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions" Synonym(s): assumption, supposition, supposal 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's debts" Synonym(s): assumption, laying claim 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 Synonym(s): Assumption, Assumption of Mary, August 15 (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness" Synonym(s): presumption, presumptuousness, effrontery, assumption the act of assuming or taking for granted; "your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assumption \Assump"tion\ (?; 215), n. [OE. assumpcioun a taking up into heaven, L. assumptio a taking, fr. assumere: cf. F. assomption. See {Assume}.] 1. The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting. The assumption* of authority. --Whewell. 2. The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim. This gives no sanction to the unwarrantable assumption that the soul sleeps from the period of death to the resurrection of the body. --Thodey. That calm assumption of the virtues. --W. Black. 3. The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition. Hold! says the Stoic; your assumption's wrong. --Dryden. 4. (Logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism. 5. The taking of a person up into heaven. Hence: (Rom. Cath. & Greek Churches) A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Assumption, IL (city, FIPS 2609) Location: 39.51796 N, 89.04843 W Population (1990): 1244 (579 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62510