assumption
part of speech
noun (an assumption, assumptions)
meaning for a pupil
1) Something you believe is true without proof. tree →
2) (formal) Taking on a job, power or responsibility: the assumption of power. tree →
3) The Assumption: a Christian feast day for Mary, the mother of Jesus. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths and science, an assumption is something we accept as true to solve a problem, like «assume the car travels at a steady speed». In everyday life making assumptions can be unfair: don't judge people by looks. Phrases: make an assumption, based on the assumption that, a wrong assumption.
examples
- Don't make assumptions about people you don't know. tree →
- My assumption was that the shop opened at nine. tree →
- The answer depends on the assumption that each bag holds 10 apples. tree →
- Her assumption was wrong: the test was on Friday, not Monday. tree →
- Scientists check their assumptions with experiments. tree →
- We worked on the assumption that it would rain. tree →
- And Harisarman, who was alone inside, was at that very moment blaming his own tongue, that had made a vain assumption of knowledge. tree →
note
Verb assume. Countable. In maths, check what the question tells you to assume; if a step uses an unstated assumption, say so.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «assumption» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.