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# assumption

«assumption» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **true without proof** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an assumption, assumptions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Something you believe is true without proof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/assumption/#m1)

2) (formal) Taking on a job, power or responsibility: the assumption of power. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/assumption/#m2)

3) The Assumption: a Christian feast day for Mary, the mother of Jesus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/assumption/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Jeremiah it means the pride of the heart, which is a proud and lofty way of thinking about oneself. Interpretation: The prophet condemns Moab for its pride. Tradition teaches that pride before God brings downfall. In the primary lessons: In maths and science, an assumption is something we accept as true to solve a problem, like «assume the car travels at a steady speed». In everyday life making assumptions can be unfair: don't judge people by looks. Phrases: make an assumption, based on the assumption that, a wrong assumption.

### examples

- We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud; his loftiness, and his pride, and his haughtiness, and the assumption of his heart. (Prophets JER.48.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/assumption/#x1)
- Don't make assumptions about people you don't know. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/assumption/#x2)
- My assumption was that the shop opened at nine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/assumption/#x3)
- The answer depends on the assumption that each bag holds 10 apples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/assumption/#x4)
- Her assumption was wrong: the test was on Friday, not Monday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/assumption/#x5)
- Scientists check their assumptions with experiments. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/assumption/#x6)
- We worked on the assumption that it would rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/assumption/#x7)
- And Harisarman, who was alone inside, was at that very moment blaming his own tongue, that had made a vain assumption of knowledge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/assumption/#x8)

### note

Verb assume. Countable. In maths, check what the question tells you to assume; if a step uses an unstated assumption, say so.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «assumption» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/assumption/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.