Antonym: conclusion. Similar words: consumption, bumptious, sumptuous, assume, option, adoption, summation, reception. Meaning: [ə'sʌmpʃn] 
n. 1. a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn 2. a hypothesis that is taken for granted 3. the act of taking possession of or power over something 4. 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 5. audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to 6. (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended 7. the act of assuming or taking for granted.
n. 1. a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn 2. a hypothesis that is taken for granted 3. the act of taking possession of or power over something 4. 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 5. audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to 6. (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended 7. the act of assuming or taking for granted. 
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31. His views are grounded on the assumption that all people are equal.
32. They make the naive assumption that because it's popular it must be good.
33. Their assumption that their project under way was something entirely new proved to be untrue.
34. This project was predicated on the assumption that the economy was expanding.
35. The project was predicated on the assumption that the economy was expanding.
36. The government have retained the support which greeted their assumption of power last March.
37. We are working on the assumption that the conference will take place as planned.
38. The underlying assumption is that women are inferior athletes.
39. The underlying assumption appears to be one of integration.
40. However, the third assumption is more contentious.
41. But they are making the assumption that people eat.
42. And upon that assumption capitalism was based.
43. It is clear that Dworkin does make this assumption.
44. The market clearing paradigm is reasonably robust and the Rational Expectations assumption is here most plausible.
45. It works on the assumption that each side is willing to move from its starting point during the negotiations.
46. It is notable that all the papers on policy themes in the issue make the assumption that economic efficiency is the goal.
47. The outstanding results they continue to produce would seem to confirm the validity of the first assumption that they are naturally gifted.
48. And, on the assumption of the superiority of socialist organisation[sentencedict.com], the victory would go to the proletariat.
49. But the false assumption is that everybody can be reclassified as a wealth creator.
50. This highlights the key role played by the perfect capital market assumption.
51. It is an almost universal assumption that a conservation policy is a set of conservation techniques - and very little else.
52. This highlights the second major difficulty with the theories, the general assumption that there is a unitary dimension of arousal.
53. When the basic concepts have been established the assumption of certainty will be removed.
54. Their bowed shape can be justified on the assumption that both inflation and unemployment become increasingly unpopular the higher they are.
55. This makes the assumption, of course, that the plants have not changed their habits since they were fossilized. Sentencedict.com
56. A projection can be made only on the assumption that current levels or trends continue.
57. I start from the assumption that we are interested in what is done in any communicative act.
58. The assumption was that she would bring in a number of new people whose loyalty she could count on.
59. The gold watch presented at coming of age marks the assumption of an adult role.
60. The assumption that large authorities are costly and bureaucratic is wrong, according to the Regional Council.
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