DICTOMETER

ANTAGELSE (Norwegian for "assumption")

(assumption, claim, guess, guesswork, presumption, pretence, pretension, supposition, conjetura)

1. Synonyms:
   • Premise
   • Premiss
   • Assumption
   Definitions:
   • a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
   Examples:
   • On the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Assumption
   • Supposition
   • Supposal
   Definitions:
   • a hypothesis that is taken for granted
   Examples:
   • Any society is built upon certain assumptions
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Assumption
   • Laying claim
   Definitions:
   • the act of taking possession of or power over something
   Examples:
   • 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
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Assumption
   • Assumption of Mary
   • August 15
   Definitions:
   • 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
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Assumption
   Definitions:
   • (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Presumption
   • Presumptuousness
   • Effrontery
   • Assumption
   Definitions:
   • audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
   Examples:
   • He despised them for their presumptuousness
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Assumption
   Definitions:
   • the act of assuming or taking for granted
   Examples:
   • Your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted