OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 13891

assumption

/əˈsʌm(p).ʃ(ə)n/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
asunción
The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.
presunción • presuposición • suposición
The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
No doubt a finite evaluative argument must make some unargued evaluative assumptions, just as finite factual arguments must make some unargued factual assumptions.
ascensión • asunción
The taking of a person up into heaven.
asunción
A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
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