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Meanings of Assumption in English

Catalan
presumptuositat

Audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to.

presumptuositat
Portuguese
pressuposto
Catalan
supòsit
Spanish
premisa

A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn.

pressuposto
Portuguese
pressuposição
Catalan
supòsit
Spanish
suposición

A hypothesis that is taken for granted.

pressuposição
Portuguese
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Catalan
assumpció

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.

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Usage of Assumption in English
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The scene is laid in Calabria during the Feast of the Assumption.
The Standard Operas: Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Compose...
2
Much like Schongau, the Church of the Assumption had seen better days.
The hangman's daughter
3
This fiscal manoeuvre is well known by the name of the Assumption.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
4
We now proceed to other examples of the treatment of the Assumption.
Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts
5
The fourteenth chapel, the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, is without interest.
Essays on Life, Art and Science
6
Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Assumption in Tashkent.
The Guardian
7
We were due at the Assumption church in Walkinstown at five o'clock.
The last four days of Paddy Buckley
8
The Feast of her Assumption is next Friday, big day in Knock.
The Irish Times
9
The Assumption of the Virgin had not been seen in Europe since 1904.
The Irish Times
10
Thou knowest the print of Murillo's Assumption; the picture is in the Louvre.
Charlotte's Inheritance
11
Another is in the sacristy of the church of the Assumption at Moscow.
Russia, as Seen and Described by Famous Writers
12
In the highest and largest compartment, the Death and Assumption of the Virgin.
Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts
13
They're calling it 'Re-evaluating the Assumptions of the Past: Truth or Conspiracy'?
James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
14
It means some assumptions about housing costs may no longer be true.
BBC
15
And it's always good to be forced to question our own assumptions.
The Guardian
16
For the very good reason that the basic assumption held the opposite.
The Last Ship
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