Found 3 items, similar to assumption.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: assumption anggapan, asumsi, dugaan, pemisalan, penerimaan, pengandaian, pengandaikataan, perandaian
English → English (WordNet) Definition: assumption 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”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Assumption Assumption \As*sump"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]