assumption

Plural

assumptions

1. 1.The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.

   • His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.

2. 2.The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.

   • Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.

3. 3.The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.

   • No doubt a finite evaluative argument must make some unargued evaluative assumptions, just as finite factual arguments must make some unargued factual assumptions.

4. 4.The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.

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• premise