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Assumption

The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.

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Broader term 11

Acquisition 76% connected

The act or process of acquiring.

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Audaciousness 76% connected

The quality of being audacious; impudence; audacity.

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Audacity 76% connected

Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness.

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Deed 76% connected

Dead.

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Hypothesis 76% connected

A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point i…

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Miracle 76% connected

A wonder or wonderful thing.

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Posit 76% connected

To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose in relation to other objects.

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Possibility 76% connected

The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing.

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Postulate 76% connected

Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to w…

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Theory 76% connected

A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation.

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Base 76% connected

Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.

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Basis 76% connected

The foundation of anything; that on which a thing rests.

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Conclusion 76% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Condition 76% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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Foundation 76% connected

The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.

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Fundament 76% connected

Foundation.

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Given 76% connected

of Give

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Groundwork 76% connected

That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle.

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Precondition 76% connected

A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition.

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Presumption 76% connected

The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof.

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Scenario 76% connected

A preliminary sketch of the plot, or main incidents, of an opera.

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Stipulation 76% connected

The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.

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Subsumption 76% connected

The act of subsuming, or of including under another.

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Thesis 76% connected

A position or proposition which a person advances and offers to maintain, or which is actually maintained by argument.

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Adopt 74% connected

To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place o…

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Adopt 74% connected

To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place o…

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Assume 74% connected

To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.

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Assume 74% connected

To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.

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Premiss 74% connected

Premise.

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Premiss 74% connected

Premise.

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Presumptuous 74% connected

Full of presumption; presuming; overconfident or venturesome; audacious; rash; taking liberties unduly; arrogant; insolent; as, a presumptuous comman…

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Presumptuous 74% connected

Full of presumption; presuming; overconfident or venturesome; audacious; rash; taking liberties unduly; arrogant; insolent; as, a presumptuous comman…

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Usurp 74% connected

To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp…

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Usurp 74% connected

To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp…

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Containing whole 1

August 70% connected

Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, cha…

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Synonym 7

Effrontery 92% connected

Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced ass…

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Premise 92% connected

A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.

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Premiss 92% connected

Premise.

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Presumption 92% connected

The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof.

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Presumptuousness 92% connected

The quality or state of being presumptuous.

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Supposal 92% connected

The act of supposing; also, that which is supposed; supposition; opinion.

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Supposition 92% connected

The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or considering as true or existing, what is known not to be true, or what is not proved.

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Academic alternative 1

Analysis 84% connected

A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the compo…

critical thinking vocabulary 55% interchangeable

An idea accepted without being fully established.

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