Presumably vs Assumption - What's the difference?
presumably | assumption |
Able to be sensibly presumed.
* 2011 , Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15195384.stm]
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The act of assuming]], or taking to or upon one's self; the act of [[take up, taking up or adopting.
The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
* {{quote-journal, year=1976, author=, title=The Journal of Aesthetic Education, Volume 10
, 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.
As an adverb presumably
is able to be sensibly presumed.As a noun assumption is
the act of assuming]], or taking to or upon one's self; the act of [[take up|taking up or adopting.presumably
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Adverb
(en adverb)- Capello made a change on the hour which was presumably enforced by injury as the excellent Young was replaced by Stewart Downing.
- Yet this is the level of [neural] organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably , the seat of consciousness.
Synonyms
* (able to be presumed) presumptivelyassumption
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(Webster 1913)Noun
(en noun)- His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.
- Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.
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