assumption - Meaning in Konkani

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assumption - Meaning in Konkani

assumption Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of assumption in English

Assumption noun

1. (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended

   Synonyms

   Assumption, Assumption

2. 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

   Synonyms

   Assumption of Mary, Assumption, Assumption, August 15

assumption noun

1. the act of taking possession of or power over something

   Synonyms

   laying claim

   Examples

   • "he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts"
   • "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"
   • "the Nazi assumption of power in 1934"
2. the act of assuming or taking for granted

   Example

   • "your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted"
3. audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to

   Synonyms

   effrontery, presumption, presumptuousness

   Example

   • "he despised them for their presumptuousness"
4. a hypothesis that is taken for granted

   Synonyms

   supposal, supposition

   Example

   • "any society is built upon certain assumptions"
5. a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn

   Synonyms

   premise, premiss

   Example

   • "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not play"

Synonyms of assumption

• laying claim
• effrontery, presumption, presumptuousness
• supposal, supposition
• premise, premiss
• assumption of mary, august 15

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