n. 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"

n. a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions"

n. audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness"

n. 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"

n. 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

n. seizure by the government

n. wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority); "a succession of generals who ruled by usurpation"

n. any cognitive content held as true

n. the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation

n. (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

n. a feeling of trust (in someone or something); "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned"

n. an estimate based on little or no information

n. impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"

n. (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false

n. (logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident

n. a tentative theory about the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices"

n. an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth

n. a proposition deducible from basic postulates

n. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

n. the cognitive process of supposing

n. a concept whose truth can be proved; "scientific hypotheses are not facts"

n. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

n. acceptance of despair