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 betydning | On 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 uttrykk | posit, postulate | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | condition, 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 betydning | Any society is built upon certain assumptions. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | supposal, supposition | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | hypothesis, possibility, theory | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | 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. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | laying claim | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | 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 | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | Assumption of Mary, August 15 | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | holy day of obligation | ||
Omfatter disse overordnede uttrykkene | Aug, 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 uttrykk | miracle | ||
Overordnet kategori | Christian religion, Christianity | ||
6. | assumption (om egenskap) audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He despised them for their presumptuousness. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | effrontery, presumption, presumptuousness | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | audaciousness, audacity | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | 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 spesifikke uttrykk | act, deed, human action, human activity | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | position | ||