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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91. Political theory rests on the assumption that these activities are central to the functioning of a democratic society.
92. The second assumption is also valid if we confine the analysis to a reasonable range of operations.
93. The major deficiency in the Academy plan is the assumption that science suffers from the end of the Cold War.
94. The error lay in a very simple but quite reasonable assumption which everyone made.
95. This is a different basic assumption than what is required for a peak performing team.
96. Honest answers to these questions suggest that the general assumption that growth in one country benefits the entire world is highly dubious.
97. This notion is based on the assumption of a perfect financial market, with perfect knowledge and complete certainty about the future.
98. Now direct experimental evidence has proved the assumption justified, at least when the prey are nauseous chicken eggs and the predators crows.
99. First, the assumption that there is no excess capacity is particularly suspect.
100. The rebuke or the dismissal, then, becomes more fuel for their assumption that things are always being done to them.
101. Another move might have involved challenging some assumption in the protective belt such as those concerning refraction in the earth's atmosphere.
102. This model promoted the assumption that evolution is based on a progressive trend with the human race as its goal.
103. Assumption of risk is rarely applicable except in cases of competitive athletics.
104. However, this may be an oversimplified assumption because the current level of economic activity will certainly influence business expectations and confidence.
105. This definition follows from the assumption that half the labour force establish contracts in even periods and half in odd periods.
106. What do you think is the most sensible assumption and the most questionable assumption of conservatism?
107. This is partly because of the widespread assumption that there would be essential policy continuity under a Gore administration.
108. But when the proof comes it also turns out to rest on the assumption that it is already true.
109. We would all act on the assumption that others were acting in a similar manner.
110. It was his tenant John Combes who revolutionized Reddish, on the assumption that Cray would pay for most of it.
111. He'd made the assumption that Sanchez wouldn't know one way or the other.
112. Such a recommendation, the panel added, was of course based on the assumption that the Reclamation project was still feasible.
113. I challenge this assumption, and question the push into Putumayo.
114. It was easy to see what their basic assumption was.
115. This fact questions any easy assumption about a necessary elitist coincidence of interest amongst the armed services.
116. First,(www.Sentencedict.com) its underlying assumption is that the number of entities that the world consists of is finite.
117. Our amusement at his false assumption seemed to ease the tension between us.
118. The research starts from the assumption that it is a product's competitive edge rather than its design perse that determines its performance.
119. The simple ironic reading is based on the assumption that the high Shakespearian allusions are really inapposite.
120. Obviously this is not a realistic assumption. further, the greater the inter-dependence, then the greater the complexity.
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