English Dictionary

assumption

IPA（発音記号）

/əˈsʌm(p).ʃ(ə)n/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 修辞法

The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting. / The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.

日本語の意味

（ある事柄を）仮定すること、あるいは採用すること、受け入れる行為。 / （証拠がないまま）物事を当然のことと考える行為、推定、仮定。

His assumption of the project responsibilities surprised the team.

彼がプロジェクトの責任を引き受けたことはチームを驚かせた。

意味（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.

意味（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.

意味（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.

意味（4）

(logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.

意味（5）

The taking of a person up into heaven.

意味（6）

A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.

意味（7）

(rhetoric) Assumptio.

assumptions （ plural ）