Synonym: assumption, effrontery, given, precondition, presumptuousness. Similar words: presumptuous, assumption, consumption, prescription, presume, bumptious, presumably, proportional representation. Meaning: [prɪ'zʌmpʃn] n. 1. an assumption that is taken for granted 2. (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed 3. audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to 4. a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming.
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31 A licence agreement may specifically prohibit error correction so that all this provision does is to raise a presumption in favour of the lawful user.
32 This mere fact suggests that there is an extremely strong presumption against their use.
33 We have seen how law and theory unite to provide a list of excuses which rebut the normal presumption of voluntariness.
34 To offer such intercession is considered at least a presumption and at worst occultist, using the magic of candles.
35 While assignment might be established in exceptional circumstances, at the very least the presumption must remain against it.
36 Throughout the whole of competition policy there is a presumption that intervention is justified in order to preserve the public interest.
37 Remain obdurate and you will hang for your presumption, and many others with you.
38 The strong presumption of guilt has changed to a stronger presumption of innocence.
39 If there is a case to answer, the court must proceed with a presumption of guilt.
40 There is a long-standing presumption that Acts of Parliament are not intended to derogate from the requirements of international law.
41 The conclusion can be justified in other ways than simply the prima facie presumption that 45 percent looks too large.
42 Profit forecasts are based on the presumption of a steady rise in sales.
43 But there is already much evidence to support the presumption that the effect was pervasive.
44 We would argue for a mild presumption that this sufficient condition is likely to be met.
45 We would argue that the presumption for gains from trade is stronger with free entry than where numbers of firms are fixed.
46 There was also a presumption that a notice would not be issued that was wider than necessary or involved excessive compliance costs.
47 A presumption exists in favour of any settled scheme of government against any untried project.
48 But here the presumption is that it is the wife rather than the husband who is the household head.
49 We will reverse the present planning presumption in favour of opencast coal mining and give top priority to local people and their environment.
50 There also tended to be a strong presumption that a person brought before the court was guilty.
51 But inherent in the diagnostic procedure is a presumption that defective embryos will be discarded.
52 The presumption of guilt is being written into new laws,(sentencedict.com) but rarely with as much candour as in the badgers example.
53 I found myself wandering round with a wry smile on my face and occasionally bursting into laughter at my own presumption.
54 In both these cases, the presumption is of service seven calendar days after the date of posting or insertion.
55 His presumption that, through her body, a woman signifies inferiority, rests on a mistaken biology.
56 The presumption of benefit bedevils much of the ethical thinking affecting proposed randomised trials.
57 The presumption is that he had lost his way.
58 The presumption is that visual objects are intrinsically alienating.
59 Please pardon my presumption in writing to you.
60 He had the presumption to criticize my work.
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