{
    "term": "assumption",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a belief or feeling that something is true or that something will happen, although there is no proof",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an **underlying/implicit assumption**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to challenge some of the basic assumptions of Western philosophy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are working **on the assumption that** everyone invited will turn up."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was impossible to **make assumptions about** people's reactions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His actions were based on a false assumption."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She arrived at college with a whole set of assumptions inherited from her family."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Lots of evidence supports this assumption."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to establish a basic set of assumptions before we can continue."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Your argument is based on a set of questionable assumptions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The underlying assumption is that young people are incapable of knowing their own minds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a general but false assumption that intelligent people do better in life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are basing their costs on the assumption that about 10 000 people will need to be rehoused."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I really don't like you making assumptions about what I think."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's always making assumptions about how much money people have."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["basic", "fundamental", "key"],
                "… of assumptions": ["number", "series", "set"],
                "verb + assumption": ["make", "base something on", "start from"],
                "assumption + verb": ["underlie something", "underpin something"],
                "preposition": ["on the assumption that", "assumption about"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the act of taking or beginning to have power or responsibility",
            "sensetop": "assumption of something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "their **assumption of power/control**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the assumption of responsibility by the government for the disaster"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsʌmpʃn/",
                "audio": "as/assumption/assumption__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsʌmpʃn/",
                "audio": "as/assumption/assumption__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French asompsion or Latin assumptio(n-), from the verb assumere, from ad- ‘towards’ + sumere ‘take’."
}