1. Noun
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.
2. Noun
That which is supposed; hypothesis; conjecture; surmise; opinion or belief without sufficient evidence.
3. Noun
a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions"
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