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ALL meanings of presumption

pre·sump·tion
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  • noun presumption the act of presuming. 1
  • noun presumption assumption of something as true. 1
  • noun presumption belief on reasonable grounds or probable evidence. 1
  • noun presumption something that is presumed; an assumption. 1
  • noun presumption a ground or reason for presuming or believing. 1
  • noun presumption Law. an inference required or permitted by law as to the existence of one fact from proof of the existence of other facts. 1
  • noun presumption an assumption, often not fully established, that is taken for granted in some piece of reasoning. 1
  • noun presumption unwarrantable, unbecoming, or impertinent boldness. 1
  • noun presumption assumption 1
  • noun presumption cheek, impertinence 1
  • countable noun presumption A presumption is something that is accepted as true but is not certain to be true. 0
  • uncountable noun presumption If you describe someone's behaviour as presumption, you disapprove of it because they are doing something that they have no right to do. 0
  • noun presumption the act of presuming 0
  • noun presumption bold or insolent behaviour or manners 0
  • noun presumption a belief or assumption based on reasonable evidence 0
  • noun presumption a ground or basis on which to presume 0
  • noun presumption an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved, admitted, or judicially noticed 0
  • noun presumption an overstepping of proper bounds; forwardness; effrontery 0
  • noun presumption the taking of something for granted 0
  • noun presumption the thing presumed; supposition 0
  • noun presumption a ground or reason for presuming; evidence that points to the probability of something 0
  • noun presumption the inference that a fact exists, based on the proved existence of other facts 0
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