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.

synonyms: premise, premiss.

Roget 144: conversion, reduction, transmutation, resolution, assimilation; evolution, sea change; change of state; assumption; naturalization; transportation; development [Biol.], developing.    [photography] [conversion of currency] conversion of currency, exchange of currency; exchange rate; bureau de change.    chemistry, alchemy; progress, growth, lapse, flux.    passage; transit, transition; transmigration, shifting etc. v.; phase; conjugation; convertibility.    crucible, alembic, caldron, retort.    convert, pervert, renegade, apostate.    ... show more

Roget 739: severity; strictness, harshness etc. adj.; rigor, stringency, austerity; inclemency etc. (pitilessness) 914.1; arrogance etc. 885; precisianism^†.    arbitrary power; absolutism, despotism; dictatorship, autocracy, tyranny, domineering, oppression; assumption, usurpation; inquisition, reign of terror, martial law; iron heel, iron rule, iron hand, iron sway; tight grasp; brute force, brute strength; coercion etc. 744; strong hand, tight hand.    hard lines, hard measure; tender mercies [Iron.]; sharp practice; pipe-clay, officialism.    tyrant, disciplinarian, precisian^†, martinet, stickler, bashaw^†, despot, hard master, Draco, oppressor, inquisitor, extortioner, harpy, vulture; accipitres^†, birds of prey, raptorials^†, raptors^†.    ... show more

Roget 496: maxim, aphorism; apothegm, apophthegm^†; dictum, saying, adage, saw, proverb; sentence, mot [Fr.], motto, word, byword, moral, phylactery, protasis^†.    axiom, theorem, scholium^†, truism, postulate.    first principles, a priori fact, assumption (supposition) 514.    reflection etc. (idea) 453; conclusion etc. (judgment) 480; golden rule etc. (precept) 697; principle, principia [Lat.]; profession of faith etc. (belief) 484; settled principle, accepted principle, formula.    accepted fact.    received truth, wise maxim, sage maxim, received maxim, admitted maxim, recognized maxim &c.; true saying, common saying, hackneyed saying, trite saying, commonplace saying etc. ... show more

Dutch: perceel, voorwaarde, aanname, gis, gissing, onderstelling, veronderstelling
Polish: przesłanka

A hypothesis that is taken for granted:
— Any society is built upon certain assumptions.

synonyms: supposal, supposition.

Roget 514: supposition, assumption, assumed position, postulation, condition, presupposition, hypothesis, blue sky hypothesis, postulate, postulatum [Lat.], theory; thesis, theorem; data; proposition, position; proposal etc. (plan) 626; presumption etc. (belief) 484; divination.    conjecture; guess, guesswork, speculation; rough guess, shot, shot in the dark [Coll.]; conjecturality^†; surmise, suspicion, sneaking suspicion; estimate, approximation (nearness) 197.    inkling, suggestion, hint, intimation, notion, impression; bare supposition, vague supposition, loose supposition, loose suggestion.    association of ideas, (analogy) 514.1; metonym [Gramm.], metonymy [Gramm.], simile (metaphor) 521.    conceit, idea, thought; original idea, invention (imagination) 515.    ... show more

Polish: założenie

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.

synonym: laying claim.

Dutch: overname

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.

synonyms: Assumption of Mary, August 15.

Dutch: veronderstelling, hemelvaart, aanname, Mariahemelvaart, Maria-Hemelvaart, Maria-ten-hemel-Opneming, assumptie
Polish: Wniebowzięcie Najświętszej Maryi Panny, Wniebowzięcie, Matka Boska Zielna

Christianity The taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended.

Polish: wniebowzięcie

Audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to.

synonyms: effrontery, presumption, presumptuousness.

Roget 885: insolence; haughtiness etc. adj.; arrogance, airs; overbearance^†; domineering etc. v.; tyranny etc. 739.    impertinence; sauciness etc. adj.; flippancy, dicacity^†, petulance, procacity^†, bluster; swagger, swaggering etc. v.; bounce; terrorism.    assumption, presumption; beggar on horseback; usurpation.    impudence, assurance, audacity, hardihood, front, face, brass; shamelessness etc. adj.; effrontery, hardened front, face of brass.    assumption of infallibility.    saucebox etc. (blusterer) 887^†.    ... show more

Roget 925: undueness etc. adj.; malum prohibitum [Lat.]; impropriety; illegality etc. 964.    falseness etc. adj.; emptiness of title, invalidity of title; illegitimacy.    loss of right, disfranchisement, forfeiture.    usurpation, tort, violation, breach, encroachment, presumption, assumption, seizure; stretch, exaction, imposition, lion's share.    usurper, pretender.    ... show more

Roget 858: hope, hopes; desire etc. 865; fervent hope, sanguine expectation, trust, confidence, reliance; faith etc. (belief) 484; affiance, assurance; secureness, security; reassurance.    good omen, good auspices; promise, well grounded hopes; good prospect, bright prospect; clear sky.    assumption, presumption; anticipation etc. (expectation) 507.    hopefulness, buoyancy, optimism, enthusiasm, heart of grace, aspiration.    [person who is hopeful] optimist, utopian, utopist^†.    castles in the air, castles in Spain, chateaux en Espagne [Fr.], le pot aut lait [Fr.], Utopia, millennium; day dream, golden dream; dream of Alnaschar^†; airy hopes, fool's paradise; mirage etc. (fallacies of vision) 443; fond hope.    beam of hope, ray of hope, gleam of hope, glimmer of hope, flash of hope, dawn of hope, star of hope; cheer; bit of blue sky, silver lining, silver lining of the cloud, bottom of Pandora's box, balm in Gilead; light at the end of the tunnel.    anchor, sheet anchor, mainstay; staff etc. (support) 215; heaven etc. 981.    ... show more

Roget 481: misjudgment, obliquity of judgment; miscalculation, miscomputation, misconception etc. (error) 495; hasty conclusion.    [causes of misjudgment. 1] prejudgment, prejudication^†, prejudice; foregone conclusion; prenotion^†, prevention, preconception, predilection, prepossession, preapprehension^†, presumption, assumption, presentiment; fixed idea, preconceived idea; id_ee fixe; mentis gratissimus error [Lat.]; fool's paradise.    [causes of misjudgment. 2] esprit de corps, party spirit, partisanship, clannishness, prestige.    [causes of misjudgment. 3] bias, bigotry, warp, twist; hobby, fad, quirk, crotchet, partiality, infatuation, blind side, mote in the eye.    [causes of misjudgment. 4] one-sided views, one-track mind, partial views, narrow views, confined views, superficial views, one-sided ideas, partial ideas, narrow ideas, confined ideas, superficial ideas, one-sided conceptions, partial conceptions, narrow conceptions, confined conceptions, superficial conceptions, one-sided notions, partial notions, narrow notions, confined notions, superficial notions; narrow mind; bigotry etc. (obstinacy) 606; odium theologicum [Lat.]; pedantry; hypercriticism.    doctrinaire etc. (positive) 474.    [causes of misjudgment. 5] overestimation etc. 482; underestimation etc. 483.    [causes of misjudgment. 6] ignorance etc. 491.    erroneous assumptions, erroneous data, mistaken assumptions, incorrect assumptions (error) 495.    ... show more

Dutch: aanmatiging, pretentie

The act of assuming or taking for granted.

Dutch: op zich nemen, voorgevoel, onderstelling, giswerk, gissing, conjectuur, vermoeden, veronderstelling, aanname