2. Taking on (assuming) the duties and powers of an office, a responsibility, or someone else's obligation (such as a loan).
Use 'assumption' in a Sentence
The policeman's assumption that all skateboarders were "punks" was proven wrong when several of the teens collected money to help the shop owner pay for his broken benches.
The assumptions that the boy made about the town were wrong, he did take the time to actually learn any solid facts about the town just his own assumption.
My father gave me a loan for a new car with the assumption that I would repay him with interest on a monthly basis.
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