presumption
/pɹɪˈzʌmp.ʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The belief of something based upon reasonable evidence, or upon something known to be true.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Arrogant behaviour; the act of venturing beyond due bounds of reverence or respect.
Countable; Dated; Uncountable
noun
An inference that a trier of fact is either permitted or required to draw under certain factual circumstances (as prescribed by statute or case law) unless the party against whom the inference is drawn is able to rebut it with admissible, competent evidence.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Yet, in contradiction to all these very plausible presumptions, even this remote period teems with its own peculiar and separate instruction."
- "The presumption is that an event has taken place."
- "I have here imputed the Continuance of the War to the mutual Indulgence between our General and Allies, wherein they both so well found their Accounts; to the Fears of the Mony-changers, left their Tables should be overthrown; to the Designs of the Whigs, who apprehended the Loss of their Credit and Employments in a Peace; and to those at home, who held their immoderate Engrossments of Power and Favour, by no other Tenure than their own Presumption upon the Necessity of Affairs."
- "Note the preſumption of this Scythian ſlaue: I tel thee villaine, thoſe that lead my horſe Haue to their names tytles of dignitie, And dar’ſt thou bluntly cal me Baiazeth?"
- "Thy son I killed for his presumption."
- "[…]yet even then, I had the preſumption to Dedicate to your Lordſhip: A very unfiniſh'd Piece […]"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin praesūmō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin praesūmptum Latin praesūmptiōnembor. Old French presumptionbor. ▲ Latin praesūmptiōnembor. Middle English presumpcioun, presumption English presumption From pre- + Latin sūmptus + -ion, from Middle English presumpcioun, presumption, from Old French presumption and its etymon Latin praesūmptiō.
Origin
- Source language: Latin