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Sentence count:252+9Posted:2016-07-16Updated:2020-07-24
Antonym: conclusionSimilar words: consumptionbumptioussumptuousassumeoptionadoptionsummationreceptionMeaning: [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. 
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61. They operated under the assumption that there could be no real division between family and work, that the two overlapped endlessly.
62. Second point: is the constructivist's fundamental assumption not justified if knowledge is our subject of study rather than successful behaviour?
63. Inpart it is directed at particular features of the standard treatment - notably the assumption of an aggregate production function.
64. There is a basic assumption in international law - and in common sense - that a state will protect its citizens.
65. To show that this assumption is false I need, of course, to supply an alternative explanation.
66. This is a reasonable simplistic assumption, but it is the best that will normally be possible.
67. Eden acted on the assumption that his allies would support him.
68. Odilon Redon questioned the universal assumption that the photographic image was a transmitter of truth.
69. I illustrates the determination of the trade pattern for a given endowment point E under the assumption that X is nontradable.
70. The new assumption we need is a characterization of the decision to enter.
71. One must also question the assumption that single-discipline degrees are themselves immaculately unified.
72. My writing is based on the assumption that the less money you spend, the more authentic your experience.
73. Three beer-befuddled construction workers played softball with my head in a backstreet on the mistaken assumption that I was Tom Tunney.
74. The implicit assumption is that investors can borrow and lend at the riskless rate of interest.
75. At that time we had to make the assumption that the disease was spreading and take action to stop it.
76. The assumption that each character represents an independent meaningful syllable leads to the conclusion that each character represents a monosyllabic word.
77. The underlying assumption is that gradual hormonal decline is bad because some physical functions decline at the same time.
78. For the most part this is a reasonable assumption to make.
79. There was a general assumption, he declared, that nothing that exists, exists without a cause.
80. We should also not make the rather simplistic assumption that co-residence implies a strong bond between relatives.
81. We begin interactions with an implicit assumption that other people determine and control their behaviour.
82. The justification for Gloucester's assumption of power confused contemporaries and has continued to arouse controversy.
83. However, the assumption that productivity must be directly related to biomass or chlorophyll is a fallacy.
84. Clark said the assumption that decomposition creates high levels of alcohol is controversial among pathologists.
85. If the actual number of entry-versions exceeds the design assumption by more than 25%,(Sentence dictionary) the system will be unmanageable.
86. Firstly there is the assumption that a settlement comprises individuals, groups and sub- groups who have conflicting interests and goals.
87. In a sense, the very institution of literary criticism is concrete testimony of this assumption.
88. None had foreseen the assumption of absolute power by one of their own number.
89. Others are dining, on the cautious assumption that a nine o'clock party might not provide adequate food.
90. I rebelled against this assumption, but was constantly reminded of it by my schoolmates and the adults I met.
More similar words: consumptionbumptioussumptuousassumeoptionadoptionsummationreceptionperceptionexceptionconceptioncorruptiondescriptionprescriptionassociationassurenotionmotionnationactioneditionfictionmentionsectionportionauctionquestionoperationdonationzonation
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