assumption
US: /əˈsəmpʃən/
UK: /ɐsˈʌmpʃən/
UK: /ɐsˈʌmpʃən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
assumption /ə'sʌmpʃn/
- danh từ
- sự mang, sự khoác, sự lấy (cái vẻ, tính chất...)
- sự làm ra vẻ, sự giả bộ
- sự mệnh danh (là đúng), sự cho rằng (là đúng), sự thừa nhận
- sự nắm lấy, sự chiếm lấy
- sự đảm đương, sự gánh vác, sự nhận vào mình
- tính kiêu căng, tính kiêu ngạo, tính ngạo mạn
- (tôn giáo) lễ thăng thiên của Đức mẹ đồng trinh
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [C] a belief or feeling that sth is true or that sth will happen, although there is no proof: an underlying / implicit assumption + We need to challenge some of the basic assumptions of western philosophy. + We are working on the assumption that everyone invited will turn up. + It was impossible to make assumptions about people's reactions. + His actions were based on a false assumption. + She arrived at college with a whole set of assumptions inherited from her family.
2 [C, U] ~ of sth (formal) the act of taking or beginning to have power or responsibility: their assumption of power / control + the assumption of responsibility by the government for the disaster
Collocation dictionary
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
Concise English dictionary
assumptionsə'sʌmpʃn
noun
+a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
+a hypothesis that is taken for granted
+the act of taking possession of or power over something
+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
+audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
+(Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended
+the act of assuming or taking for granted
