单词 | assumption |
释义 | as·sump·tion (ə-sŭmpshən) n. 1. The act of taking to or upon oneself: assumption of an obligation. 2. The act of taking possession or asserting a claim: assumption of command. 3. The act of taking for granted: assumption of a false theory. 4. Something taken for granted or accepted as true without proof; a supposition: a valid assumption. 5. Presumption; arrogance. 6. Logic A minor premise. 7. Assumption Christianity The taking up of the Virgin Mary into heaven in body and soul after her death, observed as a feast on August 15. [Middle English assumpcion, from Latin assūmptiō, assūmptiōn-, adoption, from assūmptus, past participle of assūmere, to adopt; see ASSUME.] Assumptionc. 1670 painting, The Assumption of the Virgin, by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo |
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