assumption
Từ điển Collocation
assumption noun
ADJ. basic, fundamental, hidden, implicit, tacit, underlying, unspoken | common, conventional, general, shared, widespread shared assumptions between teachers and parents | correct, reasonable, valid | erroneous, false, flawed, incorrect, mistaken, questionable, wrong
QUANT. number, series, set Your argument is based on a set of questionable assumptions.
VERB + ASSUMPTION make She's always making assumptions about how much money people have. | base sth on, start from, work on We are working on the assumption that the techniques are safe. | accept | challenge, disprove, question, test
ASSUMPTION + VERB underly sth, underpin sth the assumptions underlying their beliefs
PREP. on the ~ that I set the table for eight people, on the assumption that Jo would come. | ~ about assumptions about how women should behave
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; premise, premiss
on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play
- a hypothesis that is taken for granted; supposition, supposal
any society is built upon certain assumptions
- the act of taking possession of or power over something; laying claim
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
- 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; Assumption, Assumption of Mary, August 15
- audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; presumption, presumptuousness, effrontery
he despised them for their presumptuousness
- (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended; Assumption
- the act of assuming or taking for granted
your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted
Bloomberg Financial Glossary
Becoming responsible for the liabilities of another party.
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
assumptions
ant.: conclusion