Noun

(uncountable) The act of orienting or the state of being oriented.

(uncountable) A position relative to compass bearings

(uncountable) The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end

(countable) An inclination, tendency or direction

(countable) The ability to orient

(countable) An adjustment to a new environment

(countable) An introduction to a (new) environment

(typography, countable) The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait

(mathematics, countable) The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space

Noun

(en noun)

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

His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.

The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.

Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.

The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.

* {{quote-journal, year=1976, author=, title=The Journal of Aesthetic Education, Volume 10 citation

, passage=No doubt a finite evaluative argument must make some unargued evaluative assumptions, just as finite factual arguments must make some unargued factual assumptions.}}

(logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.

The taking of a person up into heaven.

A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.

(rhetoric) Assumptio.