Usually means: Belief accepted without proof, evidence.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. assumption: Merriam-Webster
  2. Assumption, assumption: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. assumption: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. assumption: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Assumption, assumption: Vocabulary.com
  6. Assumption, assumption: Wordnik
  7. assumption: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Assumption, assumption: Wiktionary
  9. assumption: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. assumption: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. assumption: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Assumption, assumption: Dictionary.com
  13. assumption: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Assumption (short story), Assumption, The Assumption (society): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Assumption: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. assumption: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. assumption: Rhymezone
  18. assumption: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. assumption: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. Assumption: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  21. assumption: FreeDictionary.org
  22. assumption: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. assumption: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. The Assumption: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  25. assumption: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  26. assumption: Merriam-Webster

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. assumption: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
  2. Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric (No longer online)
  3. Literary Criticism (No longer online)

Business (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. assumption: Webster's New World Finance & Investment Dictionary
  3. assumption: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  4. assumption: Law.com Dictionary
  5. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  7. ASSUMPTION: Accounting Glossary
  8. MonsterMoving Mortgage Glossary (No longer online)
  9. Real Estate and Mortgage Glossary (No longer online)
  10. assumption: Legal dictionary
  11. Assumption: Financial dictionary
  12. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)
  13. Assumption: WashingtonPost.com: Business

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. assumption: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. assumption: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. assumption: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)
  2. Assumption: Construction Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Assumption)

▸ noun:  The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; 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, celebrated on 15 August.
▸ noun:  (rhetoric) Assumptio.
▸ noun:  The Assumption of Mary, the mother of Jesus, into heaven, a Catholic dogma.
▸ noun:  A Christian holy day of obligation (August 15) celebrating the Assumption of Mary.

Similar:
supposition, presumption, premiss, premise, presumptuousness, Assumption of Mary, August 15, laying claim, assuming, assertion, more...

Opposite:
certainty, fact, knowledge, reality, proof

Types:
unfounded, unwarranted, unsubstantiated, baseless, unproven, more...

Phrases:
basic assumption, continuity assumption, actuarial assumption, hydrostatic assumption, Assumption of Mary, more...

Adjectives:
basic, implicit, second, reasonable, common, fundamental, general, false, tacit, further, initial

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Similar:
supposition, presumption, premiss, premise, presumptuousness, Assumption of Mary, August 15, laying claim, assuming, assertion, more...

Opposite:
certainty, fact, knowledge, reality, proof

Types:
unfounded, unwarranted, unsubstantiated, baseless, unproven, more...

Phrases:
basic assumption, continuity assumption, actuarial assumption, hydrostatic assumption, Assumption of Mary, Assumption of risk, zero prepayment assumption, a priori assumption, assumption of mortgage, more...

Adjectives:
basic, implicit, second, reasonable, common, fundamental, general, false, tacit, further, initial

Colors:
    gray,     beige,     white,     light blue,     soft pink, more...



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