presumption
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presumptions
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presumptions
Britannica Dictionary definition of PRESUMPTION
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[count]
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a belief that something is true even though it has not been proved
— often + that
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The presumption is that the thief had a key to the store.
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There was a widespread presumption that she would appoint him as her successor.
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the presumption that all students learn in the same way
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Thousands of people used this drug on the presumption that it was safe. [=they used it because they believed that it was safe]
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law
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an act of accepting that something is true until it is proved not true
— often + of
[noncount]
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The trial was unfair from the beginning because there was no presumption of innocence.
[singular]
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a defendant's right to a presumption of innocence
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[noncount]
formal
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willingness to do something without the right or permission to do it
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You don't know anything about my situation, and yet you have the presumption [=(more commonly) gall, nerve] to tell me what to do!
