(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you make an ~ 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 ~ 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 ~ of power or responsibility is their taking of it.
The government have retained the support which greeted their ~ of power last March.
N-UNCOUNT: N of n