assumption

noun

1. 1

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

   his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba

   the Nazi assumption of power in 1934

2. 2

   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

3. 3

   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

   your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted

4. 4

   the act of assuming or taking for granted

   your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted

5. 5

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

   he despised them for their presumptuousness

6. 6

   a hypothesis that is taken for granted

   any society is built upon certain assumptions

7. 7

   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