Want to use Assumption correctly in a sentence? These 20 example sentences show the word in context, together with its meaning and synonyms like premise or acquisition.

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Assumption in a sentence

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Assumption meaning

  1. The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
  2. The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
  3. The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.

Synonyms of Assumption

premise presumption august 15 assumption of mary acquisition laying claim theory possibility hypothesis supposal supposition posit postulate premiss presumptuousness

Assumption in Dutch

Example sentences (20)

I found a camera one time recording us—or I don’t know for sure that it was recording, but that was my assumption.

However, this position rests on a critical assumption of many economic agents on both the demand and supply side.

And then did you give a kind of revenue churn assumption in your guidance in the past that I'd give you on that?

If the latter assumption is correct, it could bring into question the rest of the images included in the Twitter post.

Former staffer Holly Laing says she came up against that assumption again and again whilst working at the retail chain.

A key assumption is that your business has well-defined procedures and processes that are customer-oriented and efficient.

It is possible that it embarked on this move under the assumption that it could go through with it – when in fact it can’t.

For the normalized period, an assumption of 4% organic revenue growth and 1.3% acquisition growth is made.

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So, while the assumption might be that an older applicant is ready to retire, that is likely not the case.

That assumption is not completely out of left field, as that is a way for loggers to know what should stay and what should go.

The assumption is that anything or anyone Jewish is Zionist and therefore subject to being scorned, ostracized, and boycotted.

The assumption is that Putin will use these forces in a winter offensive that could dramatically impact the course of the war.

The assumption built into Rumsfeld’s explanation was that there was something special — even exceptional — about U.S. citizens.

However, according to tradition, it was built when a farmer found an icon of the Assumption on a rock.

The idea with the increase from the fund is seemingly an assumption that net investment income could climb from where it is now.

Before the DC Universe became the mess it's now infamous as, the assumption was that Affleck would star and direct a Batman movie.

But, for now, Prescott and the Cowboys are operating under the assumption that Elliott won't be in the backfield for them in 2023.

Let's just assume Cigna will be able to organically grow overall earnings by 4% per year, a conservative assumption in my opinion.

The artwork on the map appears very particular, which could have led varied gamers to agree or play together with this assumption.

That is also false, and an assumption based on a gross exaggeration of what happened in the 1990s.

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Common combinations with assumption

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • the assumption 69×
  • assumption that 55×
  • assumption of 37×
  • assumption is 20×
  • an assumption 18×
  • on assumption
  • that assumption
  • his assumption
  • assumption was
  • assumption in

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "assumption" in a sentence?
An example: "I found a camera one time recording us—or I don’t know for sure that it was recording, but that was my assumption." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "assumption" from real English texts.
What does "assumption" mean?
Assumption means: The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
What are synonyms of "assumption"?
Common synonyms of "assumption" include: premise, presumption, august 15, assumption of mary, acquisition, laying claim, theory, possibility. Plus 7 more synonyms.
What is "assumption" in Dutch?
"assumption" translates to Dutch as: veronderstelling, aanname.
How many example sentences with "assumption" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "assumption", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

About these examples

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