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Engelsk substantiv: assumption

1. assumption (om kommunikasjon) a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningOn the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play.


Ord med samme betydning (synonymer)premise, premiss


Mindre spesifikke uttrykkposit, postulate


Mere spesifikke uttrykkcondition, major premise, major premiss, minor premise, minor premiss, precondition, scenario, stipulation, subsumption, thesis

2. assumption (om erkjendelse) a hypothesis that is taken for granted


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningAny society is built upon certain assumptions.


Ord med samme betydning (synonymer)supposal, supposition


Mindre spesifikke uttrykkhypothesis, possibility, theory


Mere spesifikke uttrykkbase, 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 betydningHis 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.


Ord med samme betydning (synonymer)laying claim


Mindre spesifikke uttrykkacquisition

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


Ord med samme betydning (synonymer)Assumption of Mary, August 15


Mindre spesifikke uttrykkholy day of obligation


Omfatter disse overordnede uttrykkeneAug, August

5. Assumption (om begivenhet) (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended


Mindre spesifikke uttrykkmiracle


Overordnet kategoriChristian religion, Christianity

6. assumption (om egenskap) audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningHe despised them for their presumptuousness.


Ord med samme betydning (synonymer)effrontery, presumption, presumptuousness


Mindre spesifikke uttrykkaudaciousness, audacity


Mere spesifikke uttrykkuppishness, uppityness

7. assumption (om handling) the act of assuming or taking for granted


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningYour assumption that I would agree was unwarranted.


Mindre spesifikke uttrykkact, deed, human action, human activity


Mere spesifikke uttrykkposition









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