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assumption

英/ɐsˈʌmpʃən/
美/əˈsəmpʃən/
01n.

假定, 自负, 担任, 假装

a hypothesis that is taken for granted; the act of taking possession of or power over something; 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; (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended