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assumption

noun
/əˈsʌm(p).ʃ(ə)n/

Etymology

From Middle English assumpcioun, from Medieval Latin assumptio (“a taking up (into heaven)”) and Latin assumptio (“a taking up, adoption, the minor proposition of a syllogism”). Doublet of assumptio; see assume.

  1. derived from assumptio
  2. derived from assumptio
  3. derived from assumpcioun

Definitions

  1. The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself

    The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.

    • His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.

  2. The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof

    The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.

    • Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.

  3. The thing supposed

    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.
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.

    2. The taking of a person up into heaven.

      • Of vvhat texte thou proveſt hell / vvill a nother prove purgatory / a nother lymbo patrum / and a nother the aſſumpcion of oure ladi: And a nother ſhall prove of the ſame texte that an Ape hath a tayle.

    3. A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.

    4. Assumptio.

    5. The Assumption of Mary, the mother of Jesus, into heaven, a Catholic dogma.

    6. A Christian holy day of obligation (August 15) celebrating the Assumption of Mary.

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Derived

assumption of risk, Assumption Parish, deed of assumption, heroic assumption, misassumption, non-assumption, nonassumption, preassumption, reassumption, self-assumption, subassumption

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at assumption. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at assumption. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at assumption

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA