name · noun · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/əˈsʌm(p).ʃ(ə)n/
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rhymes with -ʌmpʃən
CMU ARPABET:AH0 S AH1 M P SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
The Assumption of Mary, the mother of Jesus, into heaven, a Catholic dogma.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
A Christian holy day of obligation (August 15) celebrating the Assumption of Mary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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6
noun
Meaning 6
The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: premise, premiss
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: postulate, posit
Narrower terms: major premise, major premiss, minor premise, minor premiss, subsumption, thesis, condition, precondition, stipulation, scenario
15
noun
Meaning 15
(Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: miracle
16
noun
Meaning 16
celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Assumption of Mary, August 15
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: holy day of obligation
History
Etymology
From Middle English assumpcioun, from Medieval Latin assūmptiō (“a taking up (into heaven)”) and Latin assūmptiō (“a taking up, adoption, the minor proposition of a syllogism”) (whence -ion), from Latin assūmō (whence as- (“assimilated form of ad-”). See also assume. Doublet of assumptio.
Across languages
Translations
180 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Basque:
jasokunde
— a Catholic dogma
French:
Assomption
— a Catholic dogma
Italian:
Assunzione
— a Catholic dogma
Polish:
Wniebowzięcie
— a Catholic dogma
Basque:
Jasokunde
— a holy day of obligation
French:
Assomption
— a holy day of obligation
Italian:
Assunzione
— a holy day of obligation
Polish:
Wniebowzięcie
— a holy day of obligation
Spanish:
Asunción
— a holy day of obligation
Aragonese:
asumpción
— the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself
Bulgarian:
приемане
(priemane)
— the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself
Catalan:
assumpció
— the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself
Chinese Mandarin:
假設 /假设
(jiǎshè)
— the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself
Corsican:
assunta
— the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself
Dutch:
op zich nemen
— the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself
Esperanto:
supozo
— the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself
Finnish:
ottaminen
— the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself
Finnish:
omaksuminen
— the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself
French:
assomption
— the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself
Galician:
asunción
— the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself
Georgian:
ვარაუდი
(varaudi)
— the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself
German:
Übernahme
— the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself
German:
Annahme
— the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself
German:
Anmaßung
— the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself
Greek:
ανάληψη
(análipsi)
— the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself
Ancient Greek:
ἀνάληψις
(análēpsis)
— the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself
Italian:
assunzione
— the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself
Latin:
assumptio
— the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself
Romanian:
asumare
— the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself
Russian:
приня́тие на себя́
(prinjátije na sebjá)
— the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself
Spanish:
asunción
— the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself
Turkish:
varsayım
— the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself
Venetan:
asunsion
— the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself
