assumption

assumption is a 10-letter English word with 13 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 18 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.
2. noun. The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim.
3. noun. The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
4. noun. The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
5. noun. The taking of a person up into heaven.
6. noun. A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
7. noun. 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"

8. noun. the act of assuming or taking for granted

   "your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted"

9. noun. audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to

   "he despised them for their presumptuousness"

   Synonyms: effrontery, presumption

10. noun. a hypothesis that is taken for granted

    "any society is built upon certain assumptions"

    Synonyms: supposal, supposition

11. noun. 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"

    Synonyms: premise, premiss

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

effrontery, presumption, supposal, supposition, premise, premiss

Common word forms

assumptions

Words from these letters

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