Examples of 'assumption' in a sentence

Meaning of "assumption"

Assumption is a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof
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  • The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
  • The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
  • The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
  • The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.

How to use "assumption" in a sentence

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We will proceed on the assumption that he is dead.
An assumption of linear causality should therefore be avoided.
I am working from the assumption that he jumped.
The assumption of a closed population has to be made.
That can only be an assumption at the moment.
A crucial assumption of our operational competence is communication.
Let us make that an assumption from now on.
Date of assumption of the existing auditing mandate.
Whether this is a realistic assumption remains to be seen.
A further assumption is that the population is closed.
I am afraid you have made a terrible assumption.
His casual assumption that we were sleeping together.
That sounds very much like an assumption.
This reduces the assumption of electricity losses.
Assumption is he changed his appearance and identity.

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I am certain that this assumption is itself justified.
This assumption is valid for classical computers.
Contrary to popular assumption let me remind you.
This assumption has two appealing properties.
Every religion has an assumption of one another.
That assumption is now viewed as manifestly incorrect.
We are going under the assumption we have got it contained.
The assumption of your square root is wrong.
And finally there is this assumption of homoskedasticity.
Such an assumption was erroneous according to those parties.
This letter proves that assumption wrong.
Not a bad assumption since he did get crushed.
This can be a dangerous and unhelpful assumption.
Voluntary assumption of the liability for enlistment.
Your entire argument is based on a false assumption.
Comment on growth assumption in modified restructuring plan.
This sounds to me like a very dangerous assumption.
The assumption of the defense is just fictitious.
Critics refer to this assumption as carbon chauvinism.
My assumption would be a mixed martial arts gym.
It is based on the assumption that events occur in a.
Both parties must share the assumption.
The assumption of moral superiority must be abandoned.
It is shown that this assumption entails a contradiction.
This assumption is demonstrably false on numerous grounds.
I am gonna make a very unscientific assumption here.
Awful big assumption with no basis in fact.
All our strategies are based on one assumption.
I say that assumption is the problem here.
This unit provides outputs on the assumption.
This assumption implies these two things.
Adoption of a lower new entrant growth assumption.
This assumption is sometimes called directional broadening.
Results of the public referendum on the assumption by.
This assumption obviously fails in the case of railways.

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