- Types Of Speech
- You can use assumption as a noun in a sentence.
- About Assumption
- A 3 syllables noun and 10 letters with the letters a, i, m, n, o, p, s, t, and u, 6 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letters mp. Assumption starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters a, as, ass, assu, assum, and the ending characters are n, on, ion, tion, ption, . Assumption is also a double consonant (ss) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- The act of taking possession of or power over something; "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 compan
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- Compound Words
- A compound word, assumption has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are as, and sumption.
- Pig Latin
- Assumption in Pig Latin is said as "assumptionay or assumptionway".
- Unigram
- a | s | s | u | m | p | t | i | o | n
- Bigram
- as | ss | su | um | mp | pt | ti | io | on
- Trigram
- ass | ssu | sum | ump | mpt | pti | tio | ion
- Quadrigram
- assu | ssum | sump | umpt | mpti | ptio | tion
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- the act of taking possession of or power over something;
"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 compan - the act of assuming or taking for granted;
"your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted" - audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to;
"he despised them for their presumptuousness" - a hypothesis that is taken for granted;
"any society is built upon certain assumptions" - a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn;
"on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play" - (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended
- 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
Synonym | Definition |
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About Face | |
About Face | |
Acceptance | the act of taking something that is offered "her acceptance of the gift encouraged him" "he anticipated their acceptance of his offer" |
Accession | the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne) "Elizabeth''s accession in 1558" |
Acquiring | the act of acquiring something "I envied his talent for acquiring" "he''s much more interested in the getting than in the giving" |
Acquisition | the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something "the acquisition of wealth" "the acquisition of one company by another" |
Admission | the act of admitting someone to enter "the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic" |
Admittance | the act of admitting someone to enter "the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic" |
Adoption | the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent" |
Advancement | gradual improvement or growth or development "advancement of knowledge" "great progress in the arts" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Assumption
Anagram | Definition |
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Assumption | the act of taking possession of or power over something "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 compan |
View English words with the unique letters used in assumption. Words With The Letters Aimnopstu
Word | Definition |
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Accept | tolerate or accommodate oneself to "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions" "I swallowed the insult" "She has learned to live with her husband''s little idiosyncracies" |
Adopt | take into one''s family "They adopted two children from Nicaragua" |
Arrogate | seize and take control without authority and possibly with force take as one''s right or possession "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town" "he usurped my rights" "She seized control of the throne after her husband died" |
Assume | put clothing on one''s body "What should I wear today?" "He put on his best suit for the wedding" "The princess donned a long blue dress" "The queen assumed the stately robes" "He got into his jeans" |
Bear | massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws |
Seize | capture the attention or imagination of "This story will grab you" "The movie seized my imagination" |
Take On | |
Take Over | |
Usurp | take the place of "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terorist act broke" |
Word | Definition |
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Acquisition | the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something "the acquisition of wealth" "the acquisition of one company by another" |
Assumption Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With A
- Ends With N
- Spelled With / Contains Letters