assumption
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3.5
- noun
- /əˈsʌmpʃən/
:
suposición
- The researchers identified several key assumptions that underpinned their theory.
- make assumptions
- based on the assumption
- rest on the assumption
Secondly, it protects you from making assumptions that could be incorrect.
- Secondly, it protects you from making assumptions that could be incorrect.
- It says, if you grant me these assumptions, I can explain these other things.
- But the danger is those assumptions could be wrong.
- I, I, I think he, he was under the assumption that I was there.
- He did not make assumptions that we could easily question.
- No, that is also a false assumption that I'm afraid of commitment.
- Reject the default assumptions that you've been handed for your life.
- And what I call it is the trap of assumption, OK.
- And I think most of the assumptions is that mind equals brain.
Examples
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Be safe out there, question assumptions, and never stop learning.
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You're making an assumption, and that assumption can lead you astray.
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There is an assumption that we could.
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And in that assumption, we gain nothing.
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That calls for an assumption on the part of the witness.
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Would I be wrong in that assumption?
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Oh, it's a fair assumption.
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So these are important assumptions to know about.
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Do not make the assumption that inaction has no price.
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And as we've said, many of our assumptions still hold.
Synonyms
365
5.9
An idea accepted as true that supports an argument
288
4.8
A guess or idea made without enough proof
35
5.8
An idea accepted as true without proof used as a basis for thinking or action
23
7.3
An idea that people accept as true without proof
19
6.8
An opinion you form before you have enough facts that makes you judge unfairly
12
5.6
An opinion you form before you have enough facts
5
7.7
A belief people accept as true before they discuss something
4
8.1
An idea accepted as true without proof and used to build a theory
4
3.3
A simple idea or belief that people accept without proof and that supports an argument
3
4.3
An opinion you make before you know the facts
3
7.9
An idea based on little evidence
1
9.3
An idea people accept without proof and use to build an argument
1
9.5
An idea you think may be true
A statement accepted as true that is used to reach a conclusion
Antonyms
Compounds
4
3.3
A simple idea or belief that people accept without proof and that supports an argument
How Certain
- Literature
202
3.4
258
4.5
∞
1.1
513
3.5
23
7.3
768
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word assumption comes from the Latin parts ad- 'to' and sumere 'take', so it originally meant 'to take up' an idea. That's why an assumption can mean a belief you 'take' as true without proof.