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assumptions 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Noun
/əˈsəm(p)SHən/,
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assumptions, plural;
  1. A thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof
    • - they made certain assumptions about the market
    • - we're working on the assumption that the time of death was after midnight
  2. The action of taking or beginning to take power or responsibility
    • - the assumption of an active role in regional settlements
  3. The reception of the Virgin Mary bodily into heaven. This was formally declared a doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church in 1950

  4. The feast in honor of this, celebrated on August 15

  5. Arrogance or presumption

  1. (assumption) premise: 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"
  2. (assumption) a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions"
  3. (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 company's debts"
  4. (assumption) 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
  5. (assumption) (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended
  6. (assumption) presumption: audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness"
  7. (Assumption (short story)) "Assumption" is Samuel Beckett's first published story, appearing in Transition magazine in June 1929, in the same issue as James Joyce's Work in Progress.
  8. (assumption) The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting; The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim; The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition; The minor or ...
  9. (Assumption) Buying property and assuming the responsibility of the exiting mortgage.
  10. (Assumption) the act of assuming/undertaking another's debts or obligations.
  11. (Assumption) In Catholicsm, the taking of the body and soul of Mary by God, into glory.  Catholic doctrine, apparently, does not state whether or not Mary died, but tradition holds that she died and was immediately afterward assumed into heaven both body and soul.
  12. (Assumption) a homebuyer's agreement to take on the primary liability for paying an existing mortgage from a home seller.
  13. (ASSUMPTION) An agreement by one party to pay an obligation previously owned by another. For example, the assumption of an existing Trust Deed by a new owner may occur when property is sold.
  14. (Assumption) A method of selling real estate where the buyer of the property agrees to become responsible for the repayment of an existing loan on the property.
  15. (Assumption) New owner takes over the responsibility for repaying an existing mortgage. Both FHA and VA loans are fully assumable. Some adjustable rate mortgages may be partially assumable, but the new owners may be required to re-qualify for the loan.
  16. (Assumption) There may be external circumstances or events that must occur for the project to be successful. If you believe such an event is likely to happen, then it would be an assumption (contrast with the definition of a risk). ...
  17. (assumption) 1.) the audience’s expectation that the 1st story will continue along the predicted line of though. 2.) everything one is not experiencing with one’s senses in the present.
  18. (Assumption) That which is taken to be true.
  19. (Assumption) A mortgage that allows a new owner to take over payments. The original borrower remains liable on the mortgage note.
  20. (Assumption) Taking over a loan and becoming personally liable for the repayment. Compare, Subject To.
  21. (Assumption) The doctrine that the Virgin Mary was bodily taken up into heaven at her death
  22. (Assumption) The taking up of the body of the Blessed Virgin into Heaven and she was thereby preserved from bodily corruption after her death. The feast is celebrated on August 15 and is a holyday of obligation. (Dogma: Nov. 1, 1950)
  23. (assumption) 1. something accepted as true, without proof. 2. something assumed to be the case.
  24. (Assumption) Allows a buyer to assume responsibility for an existing loan instead of getting a new loan. The assumption may have to be approved by the lender.
  25. (Assumption) An agreement whereby one party takes over the responsibilities of another.  For example, one party may sometimes assume a loan or mortgage originally agreed to by another party.