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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241. His assumption was that he could equate protein fragments and computer code fragments as logical equivalents.
242. The " logic " of this interpretation of the hypothetical experiment rests on a fundamental assumption.
243. Observed values of potential are adjusted by extrapolation to fit this assumption.
244. Considering unfitness of the assumption , the paper developed a qualification adhered model using UDF ( user defined functions ).
245. That's led to an assumption that current - day topics are out of bounds.
246. I hope that the following pages will bear out that assumption.
247. Recent observations vindicate the assumption: a direct velocity - mass correlation is even tighter than the velocity - luminosity correlation.
248. The legal realists questioned the assumption that judges apply the law impartially, logically,(http://sentencedict.com/assumption.html) and uniformly.
249. Our course of study takes as its assumption that ethical principles are unsystematic by nature.
250. This paper studies the wave motion in rubble mound breakwater by discarding the homogeneous assumption.
251. It is based on the assumption that ASL must be structured exactly like English.
252. The assumption of the recumbent position is associated with shoulder pain.
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