Noun

• S: (n) premise, premiss, assumption (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 play"
• S: (n) assumption, supposition, supposal (a hypothesis that is taken for granted) "any society is built upon certain assumptions"
• S: (n) assumption, laying claim (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"
• S: (n) Assumption, Assumption of Mary, August 15 (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)
• S: (n) Assumption ((Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended)
• S: (n) presumption, presumptuousness, effrontery, assumption (audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to) "he despised them for their presumptuousness"
• S: (n) assumption (the act of assuming or taking for granted) "your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted"