transcription, транскрипция: [ əsʌmpʃ(ə)n ]
( assumptions)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you make an assumption that something is true or will happen, you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real proof.
Dr Subroto questioned the scientific assumption on which the global warming theory is based...
N-COUNT : usu with supp , oft N that , adj N , N of n , on N
2.
Someone’s assumption of power or responsibility is their taking of it.
The government have retained the support which greeted their assumption of power last March.
N-UNCOUNT : N of n