PRESUMPTION
\pɹɪsˈʌmpʃən], \pɹɪsˈʌmpʃən], \p_ɹ_ɪ_s_ˈʌ_m_p_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of PRESUMPTION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness"
By Princeton University
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audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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Ground for presuming; evidence probable, but not conclusive; strong probability; reasonable supposition; as, the presumption is that an event has taken place.
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That which is presumed or assumed; that which is supposed or believed to be real or true, on evidence that is probable but not conclusive.
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The act of venturing beyond due beyond due bounds; an overstepping of the bounds of reverence, respect, or courtesy; forward, overconfident, or arrogant opinion or conduct; presumptuousness; arrogance; effrontery.
By Oddity Software
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A going beyond due bounds; bold forwardness; acceptance and belief of something not fully proved; that which is taken for granted.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Act of presuming: supposition: strong probability: confidence grounded on something not proved: forward conduct: (law) assuming the truth of certain facts from circumstantial evidence.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Blind confidence or self-assertion; insolence.
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The act of taking for granted; that which may be assumed or taken for granted.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Supposition of the truth or real existence of something, without positive proof; strong probability; presumptuousness; arrogance.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A supposition previously formed; confidence grounded on strong probability; an argument strong but not demonstrative; blind or headstrong confidence; arrogance.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Latin] Act of believing upon probable evidence, or taking for granted ;-ground for presuming ; strong probability ; -a thing believed true on satisfactory evidence ;- forward, venturesome, over - confident, or arrogant opinion or conduct ; presumptuousness.
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