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assumption (ADJ. basic, fundamental, hidden, implicit, tacit, underlying, unspoken | common, conventional, general, shared, widespread shared assumptions between teachers and parents | correct, reasonable, valid | erroneous, false, flawed, incorrect, mistaken, questionable, wrong QUANT. number, series, set Your argument is based on a set of questionable assumptions. VERB + ASSUMPTION make She's always making assumptions about how much money people have. | base something on, start from, work on We are working on the assumption that the techniques are safe. | accept | challenge, disprove, question, test ASSUMPTION + VERB underly something, underpin something the assumptions underlying their beliefs PREP. on the ~ that I set the table for eight people, on the assumption that Jo would come. | ~ about assumptions about how women should behave OCD Alexander Demidov); guess; intending; supposal; idea; p'raps; perhaps; conjecture; sumption; if; educated guess (основанное на знаниях, опыте и т. п. Рина Грант); nowcast (Diamond_2011); theory (to have a theory that... – полагать, что...); feasible theory (Squirell); speculation; presumption; presupposition; supposition; surmise; proposition; calculation; contemplation; inference; plan; begging; counsel; deem; design; device; devise; disposition; doubt; meaning; postulation; presurmise; project; intention |
