1. (

• 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" ;

2. (

• assumption ,
• supposition ,
• supposal

) a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions" ;

3. (

• 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" ;

4. (

• Assumption ,
• Assumption_of_Mary ,
• August_ ,

) 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 ;

5. (

• Assumption

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

6. (

• presumption ,
• presumptuousness ,
• effrontery ,
• assumption

) audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness" ;

7. (

• assumption ,

) the act of assuming or taking for granted; "your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted" ;