On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Presumption. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as assumption or offence and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Presumption meaning
- The act of presuming, or something presumed.
- The belief of something based upon reasonable evidence, or upon something known to be true.
- The condition upon which something is presumed.
Synonyms of Presumption
Using Presumption
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of presuming, or something presumed. | The belief of something based upon reasonable evidence, or upon something known to be true. | The condition upon which something is presumed.
- Useful related words include: assumption, offence, offense, discourtesy.
- In the example corpus, presumption often appears in combinations such as: presumption of, the presumption, presumption that.
Context around Presumption
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Presumption
- In this selection, "presumption" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, reasonable, common, nevertheless and commonly stand out and add context to how "presumption" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a reasonable presumption but just and be a presumption in favour. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "presumption" sits close to words such as abbot, adverts and apathy, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with presumption
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But this had implications for presumption of innocence entitlements. (9 words)
For Tarabella’s lawyer, this violates his client’s presumption of innocence. (12 words)
One of the fundamental principles of criminal law is the presumption of innocence until proven otherwise. (16 words)
Presumption of competence Just as legal systems work on the presumption that a person is innocent until proven guilty, individuals accused of crimes should not be presumed incompetent simply because a doctor or psychiatrist labels them as such. (38 words)
Here was a venal and stupid crook who killed his own wife in the clumsiest of scams, and did so under the presumption that any Black man’s life was worth less than his own. (35 words)
Maybe some of the new subscribers remarked, or added notes saying, the decision was prompted by the programme, If they didn’t, it is a reasonable presumption – but just a presumption nevertheless. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Since the presumption is now on the employer to show that the worker got the virus somewhere else, the employer is allowed to submit some evidence to rebut the presumption.
Maybe some of the new subscribers remarked, or added notes saying, the decision was prompted by the programme, If they didn’t, it is a reasonable presumption – but just a presumption nevertheless.
Presumption of competence Just as legal systems work on the presumption that a person is innocent until proven guilty, individuals accused of crimes should not be presumed incompetent simply because a doctor or psychiatrist labels them as such.
There are usually time limits put on this presumption, commonly two or three hours, and the defendant is permitted to offer evidence to rebut this presumption.
And he might even get enough to overcome the presumption that it goes to a quarterback who plays for one of the two No. 1 playoff seeds.
But do NOT forget in our society the presumption of innocence and the civil rights of all private citizens must be maintained.
But this had implications for presumption of innocence entitlements.
CBC is obliged to try and make any development acceptable by planning laws, set by the government on the basis there should always be a presumption in favour of development.
Cops routinely ignore Black Americans’ right to the presumption of innocence, for allows them to vent their prejudices and to treat 40 million citizens as criminals.
For Tarabella’s lawyer, this violates his client’s presumption of innocence.
Here was a venal and stupid crook who killed his own wife in the clumsiest of scams, and did so under the presumption that any Black man’s life was worth less than his own.
However, that is balanced by introducing a 'presumption' that sentences of a year or less will be suspended.
In both political and non-political cases, the police, prosecutors, and courts violate the fundamental principle of presumption of innocence in a fair trial before an independent court.
It's not uncommon for villains to have more interesting designs than the heroes in anime, but Pain takes that presumption to another level with his fashion.
It's presumption of innocence, which is protected by the Charter, with the protection of community safety," said Yule.
Mr Yousaf said the Scottish Government had published the first population strategy, with a presumption against the closure of local schools and lengthy consultation processes.
One of the fundamental principles of criminal law is the presumption of innocence until proven otherwise.
That presumption of ineligibility can be challenged if migrants can show exceptional circumstances and officials have rejected comparisons to the Trump-era travel ban.
The common presumption is that they would shift to Kate Forbes, if they are disquieted with current SNP strategy.
The first is the presumption that they will not permit a small modular reactor (SMR) to be constructed at Dounreay.
Common combinations with presumption
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- presumption of 71×
- the presumption 63×
- presumption that 35×
- this presumption 11×
- presumption is 9×
- presumption against 6×
- of presumption 5×
- that presumption 5×
- is presumption 5×
- to presumption 4×