[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

assumption \assump"tion\ ?; 215, n. oe. assumpcioun a taking
   up into heaven, l. assumptio a taking, fr. assumere: cf. f.
   assomption. see assume.
   1. the act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the
      act of taking up or adopting.
      1913 webster

            the assumption of authority.          --whewell.
      1913 webster

   2. the act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing
      without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim.
      1913 webster

            this gives no sanction to the unwarrantable
            assumption that the soul sleeps from the period of
            death to the resurrection of the body. --thodey.
      1913 webster

            that calm assumption of the virtues.  --w. black.
      1913 webster

   3. the thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a
      supposition.
      1913 webster

            hold says the stoic; your assumption's wrong.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   4. logic the minor or second proposition in a categorical
      syllogism.
      1913 webster

   5. the taking of a person up into heaven. hence: rom. cath.
       greek churches a festival in honor of the ascent of the
      virgin mary into heaven.
      1913 webster
see also:
assume 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

assumption
     n 1: a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a
          conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has
          been injured we can infer that he will not to play"
          syn: premise, premiss
     2: a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is
        built upon certain assumptions" syn: supposition, supposal
     3: the act of taking possession of or power over something;
        "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in
        cuba"; "the nazi assumption of power in 1934"; "he
        acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars
        and the assumption of the company's debts" syn: laying
        claim
     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 syn: assumption of mary, august 15
     5: audacious even arrogant behavior that you have no right
        to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness" syn: presumption,
         presumptuousness, effrontery
     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; "your assumption
        that i would agree was unwarranted"
see also:
premise premiss supposition supposal laying claim assumption of mary 
august 15 presumption presumptuousness effrontery 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

281 moby thesaurus words for "assumption":
   a priori principle, about-face, acceptance, accession, acquisition,
   admission, admittance, adoption, affirmation, alchemy, allegory,
   allusion, anointing, anointment, apotheosis, appointment,
   appropriation, apriorism, arcane meaning, arrogation, ascension,
   ascent, aspiration, assertion, assignment, assimilation,
   assumed position, assumption, assurance, assured faith, attitude,
   authorization, axiom, basis, beatification, becoming,
   borrowed plumes, canonization, categorical proposition, change,
   change-over, cheerful expectation, climate of opinion,
   colonization, coloration, common belief, community sentiment,
   conceit, concept, conception, conclusion, confidence, conjecture,
   connotation, conquest, consecration, consensus gentium,
   consideration, conversion, conviction, copying, coronation, data,
   deification, delegation, dependence, deputation, derivation,
   deriving, desire, doomed hope, election, elevation, empowerment,
   encroachment, enshrinement, enslavement, entailment, erection,
   escalation, estimate, estimation, ethos, exaltation, expectation,
   eye, fair prospect, faith, familiarity, feeling, fervent hope,
   first principles, flip-flop, foundation, fundamental, gathering,
   general belief, getting, good cheer, good hope, great expectations,
   ground, growth, guess, guesswork, height, high hopes, hint, hope,
   hopeful prognosis, hopefulness, hopes, hoping, hoping against hope,
   hubris, hypothesis, hypothesis ad hoc, idea, imitation,
   implication, implied meaning, import, imposition, impression,
   indent, inference, infringement, innuendo, insolence, intimation,
   invasion, involvement, ironic suggestion, judgment, lapse, law,
   lawlessness, legitimate succession, lemma, liberties,
   liberty abused, license, licentiousness, lifting, lights,
   major premise, meaning, metaphorical sense, mind, minor premise,
   mocking, mystique, naturalization, notion, nuance, observation,
   occult meaning, occupation, opinion, overtone, overweening,
   overweeningness, passage, pasticcio, pastiche, personal judgment,
   philosopheme, philosophical proposition, pirating, plagiarism,
   plagiary, playing god, point of view, popular belief, posit,
   position, postulate, postulation, postulatum, posture,
   prayerful hope, preemption, premise, preoccupation, prepossession,
   presumption, presumptuousness, presupposal, presupposition,
   prevailing belief, principle, progress, promise, proposition,
   propositional function, prospect, prospects, public belief,
   public opinion, raising, re-formation, reaction, rearing, receipt,
   receival, receiving, reception, reconversion, reduction, reliance,
   requisition, resolution, resurrection, reversal,
   sanguine expectation, security, seizure, sentiment,
   set of postulates, shift, sight, simulation, stance, statement,
   subjugation, subsense, subsidiary sense, subsumption, succession,
   suggestion, sumption, supposal, supposing, supposition, surmise,
   sursum corda, switch, switch-over, symbolism, takeover, taking,
   taking over, the ascension, the assumption, theorem, theory,
   thesis, thinking, thought, tinge, touch, transformation, transit,
   transition, translation, trespass, trespassing, trust, truth table,
   truth-function, truth-value, turning into, undercurrent,
   undermeaning, undertone, undue liberty, upbuoying, upcast,
   upheaval, uplift, uplifting, upping, uprearing, upthrow, upthrust,
   usurpation, view, volte-face, way of thinking, well-grounded hope,
   working hypothesis

[4] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

assumption, il city, fips 2609
  location: 39.51796 n, 89.04843 w
  population 1990: 1244 579 housing units
  area: 2.3 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 62510

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

assumption -- u.s. parish in louisiana
   population 2000:    23388
   housing units 2000: 9635
   land area 2000:     338.681886 sq. miles 877.182021 sq. km
   water area 2000:    25.871397 sq. miles 67.006609 sq. km
   total area 2000:    364.553283 sq. miles 944.188630 sq. km
   located within:       louisiana la, fips 22
   location:             29.926900 n, 91.054794 w
   headwords:
    assumption
    assumption, la
    assumption parish
    assumption parish, la

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

assumption, il -- u.s. city in illinois
   population 2000:    1261
   housing units 2000: 607
   land area 2000:     0.879889 sq. miles 2.278902 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.879889 sq. miles 2.278902 sq. km
   fips code:            02609
   located within:       illinois il, fips 17
   location:             39.519545 n, 89.049129 w
   zip codes 1990:     62510
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    assumption, il
    assumption

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