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From: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | Date: 2008 | Copyright information

as·sump·tion / əˈsəm(p)shən/ • n. 1. a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof: they made certain assumptions about the market. 2. the action of taking or beginning to take power or responsibility: the assumption of an active role in regional settlements. 3. (Assumption) the reception of the Virgin Mary bodily into heaven. This was formally declared a doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church in 1950. See also Dormition. ∎ the feast in honor of this, celebrated on August 15. 4. archaic arrogance or presumption.

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