Presumption - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|prɪˈzʌmpʃn|
Brit.
|prɪˈzʌm(p)ʃ(ə)n|
noun
- an assumption that is taken for granted (syn: given, precondition)
- (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed
- audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to (syn: assumption, effrontery, presumptuousness)
- a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming
- (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed
- audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to (syn: assumption, effrontery, presumptuousness)
- a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming
his presumption was intolerable
Extra examples
The trial was unfair from the beginning because there was no presumption of innocence.
If the strongest presumption in the world may have any place.
There are strong presumption against the authenticity of these epistles.
On the presumption that the doctor knows best, I took the medicine.
She was enraged by his presumption.
...so often, for all of our presumption, we misknow the hearts of others...
Word forms
noun
singular: presumption
plural: presumptions
singular: presumption
plural: presumptions
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