Engelsk navneord: assumption | |||
1. | assumption (om kommunikation) a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | On the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | premise, premiss | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | posit, postulate | ||
Mere specifikke termer | condition, major premise, major premiss, minor premise, minor premiss, precondition, scenario, stipulation, subsumption, thesis | ||
2. | assumption (om erkendelse) a hypothesis that is taken for granted | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Any society is built upon certain assumptions. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | supposal, supposition | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | hypothesis, possibility, theory | ||
Mere specifikke termer | base, basic assumption, basis, conclusion, constatation, cornerstone, foundation, fundament, given, groundwork, precondition, presumption, self-evident truth | ||
3. | assumption (om handling) the act of taking possession of or power over something | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | 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. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | laying claim | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | acquisition | ||
4. | Assumption (om tid) 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 | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | Assumption of Mary, August 15 | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | holy day of obligation | ||
Omfatter disse overordnede termer | Aug, August | ||
5. | Assumption (om begivenhed) (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | miracle | ||
Overordnet emneområde | Christian religion, Christianity | ||
6. | assumption (om egenskab) audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He despised them for their presumptuousness. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | effrontery, presumption, presumptuousness | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | audaciousness, audacity | ||
Mere specifikke termer | uppishness, uppityness | ||
7. | assumption (om handling) the act of assuming or taking for granted | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | act, deed, human action, human activity | ||
Mere specifikke termer | position | ||