Presumption
noun
Believing something to be likely.
John's presumption was that Mary would arrive late.
Often appears as...
- presumption of guilt
- presumption of innocence
noun
A legal decision taken as true until someone proves it false.
The presumption of innocence is a cornerstone of our legal system.
Often appears as...
- presumption of innocence
- rebuttable presumption
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Formal
Academic
noun
Behavior seen as arrogant or disrespectful.
He had the presumption to question my authority.
Often appears as...
- sheer presumption
- blatant presumption
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Disapproving
noun
Something assumed or taken for granted.
The plan is based on the basic presumption that the housing market will improve.
Often appears as...
- basic presumption
- underlying presumption
noun
Believing something to be likely.
John's presumption was that Mary would arrive late.
Often appears as...
- presumption of guilt
- presumption of innocence
noun
A legal decision taken as true until someone proves it false.
The presumption of innocence is a cornerstone of our legal system.
Often appears as...
- presumption of innocence
- rebuttable presumption
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
Behavior seen as arrogant or disrespectful.
He had the presumption to question my authority.
Often appears as...
- sheer presumption
- blatant presumption
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
Something assumed or taken for granted.
The plan is based on the basic presumption that the housing market will improve.
Often appears as...
- basic presumption
- underlying presumption
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Likelihood and Assumption
Use 'presumption' when you believe something will likely happen without solid proof.
There's a general presumption that the new policy will benefit students.
Pro Tip 2/2Not a Certainty
'Presumption' suggests a strong belief, but remember, it's not a fact or guarantee.
Despite my presumption of good weather, it rained during our field trip.
Pro Tip 1/2Likelihood and Assumption
Use 'presumption' when you believe something will likely happen without solid proof.
There's a general presumption that the new policy will benefit students.
Pro Tip 2/2Not a Certainty
'Presumption' suggests a strong belief, but remember, it's not a fact or guarantee.
Despite my presumption of good weather, it rained during our field trip.
Pro Tip 1/2Likelihood and Assumption
Use 'presumption' when you believe something will likely happen without solid proof.
There's a general presumption that the new policy will benefit students.
Pro Tip 2/2Not a Certainty
'Presumption' suggests a strong belief, but remember, it's not a fact or guarantee.
Despite my presumption of good weather, it rained during our field trip.
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The urgent need for...
education at a colored school my parents were humiliated every day of their lives when they saw those signs that said white and colored they weren't direction they were assaults and we haven't tried to address them we try to press on and now there is a presumption of dangerousness and guilt that follows black and brown people in this country it is the reason why kids are being
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Tan Le: My immigration...
but something to be thankful for, perhaps a gift from the boat. Because being an insider can so easily mean collapsing the horizons, can so easily mean accepting the presumptions of your province. I have stepped outside my comfort zone enough now to know that, yes, the world does fall apart,
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Dambisa Moyo: Is China...
a deep-seated presumption among Westerners that the whole world will decide to adopt private capitalism as the model of economic growth, liberal democracy, and will continue to prioritize political rights over economic rights. However, to many who live in the emerging markets,
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Alastair Parvin:...
someone who gets paid, and we tend to assume that it's those professionals who are going to be the ones to help us solve the really big, systemic design challenges that we face like climate change, urbanization and social inequality. That's our kind of working presumption.
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Laws that choke...
and the architecture of digital technologies, as they interact, have produced the presumption that these activities are illegal. Because if copyright law at its core regulates something called copies, then in the digital world the one fact we can't escape
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Haas&Hahn: How painting...
you can let the project grow organically and have a life of its own. So what we did is we decided to take this plan and strip it away from all the numbers and all the ideas and presumptions and just go back to the base idea,
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Don Levy: A cinematic...
reveals some truth behind the trickery. Visual effects are based on the principles of all assumption, things are as we know them; presumption, things will behave as we expect; and context in reality,
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Chris Anderson (Wired):...
but it's closer to a petite unified theory of predicting the future. It's based on the presumption, the observation even, that all important technologies go through four stages in their life --
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A cinematic journey...
some truth behind the trickery visual effects are based on the principles of all illusions assumption things are as we know them presumption things will behave as we
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Confusion Over Iran PIPE...
now President Carter calls an emergency meeting our presumption was that the United States policies would be better
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The urgent need for...
education at a colored school my parents were humiliated every day of their lives when they saw those signs that said white and colored they weren't direction they were assaults and we haven't tried to address them we try to press on and now there is a presumption of dangerousness and guilt that follows black and brown people in this country it is the reason why kids are being
Video examples
Tan Le: My immigration...
but something to be thankful for, perhaps a gift from the boat. Because being an insider can so easily mean collapsing the horizons, can so easily mean accepting the presumptions of your province. I have stepped outside my comfort zone enough now to know that, yes, the world does fall apart,
Video examples
Dambisa Moyo: Is China...
a deep-seated presumption among Westerners that the whole world will decide to adopt private capitalism as the model of economic growth, liberal democracy, and will continue to prioritize political rights over economic rights. However, to many who live in the emerging markets,
Video examples
Alastair Parvin:...
someone who gets paid, and we tend to assume that it's those professionals who are going to be the ones to help us solve the really big, systemic design challenges that we face like climate change, urbanization and social inequality. That's our kind of working presumption.
Video examples
Laws that choke...
and the architecture of digital technologies, as they interact, have produced the presumption that these activities are illegal. Because if copyright law at its core regulates something called copies, then in the digital world the one fact we can't escape
Video examples
Haas&Hahn: How painting...
you can let the project grow organically and have a life of its own. So what we did is we decided to take this plan and strip it away from all the numbers and all the ideas and presumptions and just go back to the base idea,
Video examples
Don Levy: A cinematic...
reveals some truth behind the trickery. Visual effects are based on the principles of all assumption, things are as we know them; presumption, things will behave as we expect; and context in reality,
Video examples
Chris Anderson (Wired):...
but it's closer to a petite unified theory of predicting the future. It's based on the presumption, the observation even, that all important technologies go through four stages in their life --
Video examples
A cinematic journey...
some truth behind the trickery visual effects are based on the principles of all illusions assumption things are as we know them presumption things will behave as we
Video examples
Confusion Over Iran PIPE...
now President Carter calls an emergency meeting our presumption was that the United States policies would be better
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Jennifer Egan
American Novelist
That American confidence is more alive and well than it should be, to this day. But it's such a problem. There's a blindness to that confidence, a presumption that what's good for me is good for you. No! That's what teenagers think: the world revolves around them. As a nation, we've got to stop thinking that way. We're getting too old for that.
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John Muir
American Environmentalist
The world, we are told, was made especially for man - a presumption not supported by all the facts. A numerous class of men are painfully astonished whenever they find anything, living or dead, in all God's universe, which they cannot eat or render in some way what they call useful to themselves.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Some may remember, if you have good memories, that there used to be a concept in Anglo-American law called a presumption of innocence, innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Now that's so deep in history that there's no point even bringing it up, but it did once exist.
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Johann Lamont
Scottish Politician
There is a presumption made among nationalists that constitutional change is the answer to all the questions that are problematic in our communities, and my job is to talk about what is happening in the real world.
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Mitch Daniels
American Politician
The perverse presumption that places the burden of proof on the challenger of spending must be inverted, back to the rule that applies elsewhere in life: 'Prove to me why we should.
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Margo Jefferson
American Critic
In general, fashion is decorative, it's protective, it acknowledges that the world does involve conflict, and you might be attacked by assumptions, presumptions, and attitudes.
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Kayleigh McEnany
American Public Servant
The American public recognizes truth versus assumption, presumptions, and the personal opinions of witnesses without firsthand knowledge.
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Benjamin Banneker
American Scientist
Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties.
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Stanley Hauerwas
American Theologian
I want to challenge the presumption that the world cannot know it is the world unless there is an alternative to the world.
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Mark Esper
American Public Servant
I think the presumption is, for some reason, anybody who comes from the business or the corporate world is corrupt.
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Jennifer Egan
American Novelist
That American confidence is more alive and well than it should be, to this day. But it's such a problem. There's a blindness to that confidence, a presumption that what's good for me is good for you. No! That's what teenagers think: the world revolves around them. As a nation, we've got to stop thinking that way. We're getting too old for that.
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John Muir
American Environmentalist
The world, we are told, was made especially for man - a presumption not supported by all the facts. A numerous class of men are painfully astonished whenever they find anything, living or dead, in all God's universe, which they cannot eat or render in some way what they call useful to themselves.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Some may remember, if you have good memories, that there used to be a concept in Anglo-American law called a presumption of innocence, innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Now that's so deep in history that there's no point even bringing it up, but it did once exist.
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Johann Lamont
Scottish Politician
There is a presumption made among nationalists that constitutional change is the answer to all the questions that are problematic in our communities, and my job is to talk about what is happening in the real world.
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Mitch Daniels
American Politician
The perverse presumption that places the burden of proof on the challenger of spending must be inverted, back to the rule that applies elsewhere in life: 'Prove to me why we should.
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Margo Jefferson
American Critic
In general, fashion is decorative, it's protective, it acknowledges that the world does involve conflict, and you might be attacked by assumptions, presumptions, and attitudes.
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Kayleigh McEnany
American Public Servant
The American public recognizes truth versus assumption, presumptions, and the personal opinions of witnesses without firsthand knowledge.
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Benjamin Banneker
American Scientist
Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties.
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Stanley Hauerwas
American Theologian
I want to challenge the presumption that the world cannot know it is the world unless there is an alternative to the world.
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Mark Esper
American Public Servant
I think the presumption is, for some reason, anybody who comes from the business or the corporate world is corrupt.
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