Scrabble & Words with friends points
- assumption is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 14
- assumption is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 14
- assumption is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 18
Definition of assumption
- a hypothesis that is taken for granted (noun)
Examples
- any society is built upon certain assumptions
Synonyms
- supposal
- supposition
- audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to (noun)
Synonyms
- effrontery
- presumption
- presumptuousness
- a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn (noun)
Examples
- on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not play
Synonyms
- premise
- premiss
- the act of taking possession of or power over something (noun)
Examples
- his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba
- the Nazi assumption of power in 1934
- he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts
Synonyms
- laying claim
- 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 (noun)
Synonyms
- assumption of mary
- august 15
- (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended (noun)
- the act of assuming or taking for granted (noun)
Examples
- your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted
See definition of assumption in Merriam Webster