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"ASSUMPTIONS" is a plural of: assumption. |
Date "ASSUMPTIONS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1660. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Energy | In the context of PRAs, assumptions are those parts of the mathimatical models which the analyst expects will hold true for the range of solutions used for making decisions. Without assumptions, even the most powerful computers may not be able to provide useful solutions for the models. (For IPEs, IPEEs & PRAs). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Misjudgment | Ignorance. erroneous assumptions, erroneous data, mistaken assumptions, incorrect assumptions (error). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: ASSUMPTIONS |
| English words defined with "ASSUMPTIONS": base, basis ♦ cornerstone ♦ foundation, frame of reference, fundament ♦ groundwork ♦ Kendall test ♦ nonparametric statistics ♦ pseudoscience ♦ traditional ♦ unchristianly, unchristlike. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ASSUMPTIONS": abstracted lumped model, ACCOUNTANT, BUDGET, ad-hockery, arbitrage-free option-pricing models ♦ Brown-Mood procedure ♦ Chapman region, Convective Temperature, corporate planning ♦ Decennial Cost Model, demographic projection ♦ eight-bit clean, end-user ♦ guidance coverage ♦ ideal fluid, indicators ♦ long-range corporate planning, long-term planning ♦ Marriage, Age at first, Models, Statistical, MPCD ♦ natural deduction ♦ perfect fluid, population projection, pro forma statement, Project Planning Matrix ♦ robbins-Munro process ♦ Screening Risk Assessment, strategic planning ♦ type inference ♦ vaxocentrism ♦ yield curve option-pricing models. (references) |
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Screenplays | Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of materiel possessions. (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls) I just don't like when assumptions are made because I am one. (Third Watch; writing credit: Grant Taylor) I'll take poor assumptions for $800, Alex. (Finding Forrester; writing credit: Mike Rich) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Mencius | Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority. |
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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | Tom Stoppard | One acts on assumptions. What do you assume? |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | These models can estimate the impact on seroconversion using reasonable assumptions that the interventions will have less effectiveness in field settings. (references) | |
Although use of these models requires assumptions about future prevalence and about relationships among variables being studied, a reasonable range of estimates about the probable impact of the intervention on HIV can thus be generated. (references) | ||
Broader assessment of the costs of a voluntary, broad-based prenatal screening program depends on variables such as the number of individuals deciding to participate in the test, the incidence of CF carriers in the population involved, the testing method (e.g., sequential or couple-based), the proportion of couples with an affected fetus who choose to terminate the pregnancy, and the number of children the couples wish to have. Although assumptions about these variables differed, studies showed that the cost per identified CF fetus averted ranged from $250,000 to $1,250,000 for a Caucasian population of Northern European ancestry. (references) | ||
Business | Two types of assumptions are made for the models used in this report. (references) | |
As true for all forward-looking economic forecasts, certain critical assumptions must be made. (references) | ||
The extent to which these assumptions are violated in the future will surely affect the accuracy of the forecasts presented here. (references) | ||
Economic History | Bahrain | Thus the government registered an (unplanned) budget surplus in 2000 and looks set to again in 2001. The 2003-2004 budget, including new assumptions on oil prices, will not be published until December 2002. (references) |
South Africa | The estimated expenditure for Cell C was calculated by looking at what it takes to set up a basic network and making assumptions about how extensive its network will be. At the same time, the two cellular incumbents, MTN and Vodacom will scale back spending for the next few years, as their network infrastructure is relatively complete. (references) | |
Indonesia | However, many analysts believe that even with the budget revisions, the deficit will likely exceed the GOI's limited ability to finance it. They note that half way through 2001, the Rupiah/$ exchange rate and interest rates are far above the assumptions in the revised budget, and even any gains in the Rupiah against the dollar after August will not totally solve this problem. (references) | |
Political Economy | AUSTRIA | The Finance Ministry hired a private consultancy firm to review whether comprehensiveness and a proper risk analysis are guaranteed in connection with the AKB's assumptions of liabilities. (references) |
Women | Peru | Traditional assumptions and misconceptions often impede access by women to leadership roles in both the public and private sectors. (references) |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Gennifer Flowers | Networks, newspapers that have said very ugly things, and made huge assumptions and reported things that weren't true. And I appreciate that. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Four years ago we began to change, forever I hope, our assumptions about government and its place in our lives. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | It's time to replace the assumptions of the welfare state and help reform the welfare system. |
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| "ASSUMPTIONS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.80% of the time. "ASSUMPTIONS" is used about 2,486 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 99.8% | 2,481 | 3,635 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.16% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 0.04% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,486 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "ASSUMPTIONS": erroneous assumptions ♦ incorrect assumptions error ♦ mistaken assumptions. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "ASSUMPTIONS": counter-assumptions, faith-assumptions, sub-assumptions. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ASSUMPTIONS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | pris-og mængdehypoteser (assumptions adopted for prices and quantities), konstruktionsantagelser (design assumptions). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | uitgangspunten voor een ontwerp (design assumptions), ontwerpaannamen (design assumptions), hypothesen voor prijzen en hoeveelheden (assumptions adopted for prices and quantities), economische omstandigheden die afwijken van de hypotheses (the economic assumptions do not materialize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | facteurs externes. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Annahmen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μη υλοποίηση των οικονομικών υποθέσεων (the economic assumptions do not materialize), παραδοχές για το σχεδιασμό (design assumptions), υπολογισμοί τιμής και ποσοτήτων (assumptions adopted for prices and quantities), αντικρουόμενες υποθέσεις (conflicting assumptions). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | non verificarsi delle ipotesi economiche (the economic assumptions do not materialize), ipotesi di progetto (design assumptions), ipotesi di prezzo e di quantit (assumptions adopted for prices and quantities). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | assumptionsay não concretização das hipóteses económicas (the economic assumptions do not materialize), hipóteses de preços e de quantidades (assumptions adopted for prices and quantities), hipóteses de concepção (design assumptions). (various references) supuestos. (various references) uppskattade priser och kvantiteter (assumptions adopted for prices and quantities). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "ASSUMPTIONS": misassumptions, reassumptions. (additional references) | |
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"ASSUMPTIONS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: assomption, assumetion, assumpsion, assumptio, assumtion, assumtions, asumption, asumptions. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ASSUMPTIONS" (pronounced usu"mpshunz) |
| 7 | -u" m p sh u n z | presumptions. |
| 6 | -m p sh u n z | exemptions, redemptions. |
| 5 | -p sh u n z | adoptions, captions, conceptions, contraptions, corruptions, deceptions, descriptions, disruptions, egyptians, eruptions, exceptions, inscriptions, interceptions, interruptions, misconceptions, misperceptions, options, perceptions, preconceptions, prescriptions, receptions, subscriptions, transcriptions. |
| 4 | -sh u n z | abbreviations, abductions, aberrations, abortions, abstractions, academicians, accommodations, accreditations, accumulations, accusations, acquisitions, actions, adaptations, addictions, additions, administrations, admissions, admonitions, affections, affiliations, affirmations, afflictions, aggressions, allegations, allocations, alterations, altercations, ambitions, ammunitions, amplifications, amputations, animations, annotations, anticipations, apparitions, appellations, applications, apprehensions, appropriations, approximations, arbitrations, aspirations, assassinations, assertions, associations, attentions, attractions, auctions, auditions, authentications, authorizations, calculations, cancellations, capitalizations, carnations, castrations, cautions, celebrations, certifications, characterizations, circulations, citations, civilizations, clarifications, classifications, clinicians, coalitions, collaborations, collections, combinations, commemorations, commissions, communications, compensations, competitions, compilations, completions, complexions, complications, compositions, compulsions, computations, concentrations, concessions, concoctions, concussions, condemnations, conditions, confections, confessions, configurations, confirmations, confrontations, congratulations, congregations, conjugations, conjunctions, connections, connotations, consecrations, considerations, consolations, consolidations, constellations, constitutions, constrictions, constructions, consultations, contentions, contortions, contractions, contradictions, contributions, conventions, conversations, convictions, convulsions, cooperations, corporations, corrections, correlations, creations, crustaceans, cushions, dalmatians, decapitations, declarations, decorations, deductions, defections, definitions, degradations, delegations, deletions, deliberations, demarcations, demonstrations, demotions, denationalizations, denominations, denunciations, depictions, deportations, depositions, depreciations, depredations, depressions, deprivations, desecrations, desertions, designations, destinations, detentions, determinations, detonations, devaluations, deviations, dietitians, digressions, dimensions, directions, discolorations, discussions, dislocations, dispositions, dissections, distinctions, distortions, distractions, distributions, diversifications, donations, dramatizations, duplications, durations, editions, educations, elections, electricians, electrocutions, elevations, eliminations, elocutions, emanations, emigrations, emissions, emotions, erections, estimations, evacuations, evaluations, evictions, exacerbations, exactions, exaggerations, examinations, excavations, exclamations, executions, exertions, exhibitions, exhortations, expansions, expectations, expeditions, expirations, explanations, explorations, expositions, expressions, expropriations, expulsions, extensions, extractions, fabrications, factions, fashions, federations, fictions, flirtations, fluctuations, formations, formulations, fortifications, foundations, fractions, frictions, frustrations, functions, generalizations, generations, geriatricians, gradations, graduations, gyrations, hallucinations, hesitations, hospitalizations, humiliations, identifications, illustrations, imaginations, imitations, immunizations, impatiens, imperfections, implications, impressions, improvisations, inaugurations, incarnations, inclinations, incorporations, indications, indiscretions, infections, infestations, inflections, informations, infractions, inhibitions, injections, injunctions, innovations, inoculations, insinuations, inspections, inspirations, installations, institutions, instructions, integrations, interactions, interconnections, interjections, intermissions, interpretations, interrogations, intersections, intimations, introductions, inundations, inventions, investigations, invitations, irritations, jurisdictions, justifications, juxtapositions, lacerations, liberalizations, limitations, liquidations, litigations, locations, lotions, machinations, magicians, magnifications, malformations, malfunctions, manifestations, manipulations, martians, mathematicians, medications, meditations, mentions, migrations, ministrations, miscalculations, miscreations, misrepresentations, missions, mobilizations, modifications, motions, motivations, munitions, musicians, mutations, mutilations, nationalizations, nations, negotiations, nominations, notations, notifications, notions, objections, obligations, observations, obsessions, obstetricians, obstructions, occupations, oceans, omissions, operations, oppressions, opticians, orations, orchestrations, organizations, orientations, originations, oscillations, ovations, palpitations, participations, partitions, passions, patients, patricians, pediatricians, pensions, perforations, permissions, permutations, perturbations, petitions, physicians, plantations, politicians, pontifications, populations, portions, positions, possessions, potions, precautions, preconditions, predictions, predilections, predispositions, preoccupations, preparations, presentations, pretensions, privations, privatizations, processions, proclamations, productions, professions, prognostications, prohibitions, projections, promotions, pronunciations, proportions, propositions, prosecutions, protections, protestations, provocations, publications, qualifications, quotations, ramifications, rationalizations, rations, reactions, realizations, recapitalizations, recessions, recitations, recollections, recommendations, reconciliations, reconstructions, recriminations, reductions, reflections, registrations, regressions, regulations, rehabilitations, rejections, relations, relocations, remissions, renditions, renegotiations, renovations, reorganizations, reparations, repercussions, repetitions, repossessions, representations, repressions, reproductions, reputations, reservations, resignations, resolutions, restorations, restrictions, revaluations, revelations, reverberations, revocations, revolutions, rhetoricians, rotations, ruminations, sanctions, satisfactions, secretions, sections, selections, sensations, separations, sessions, simulations, situations, solicitations, solutions, specifications, speculations, stations, statisticians, sterilizations, stipulations, strangulations, subluxations, submissions, substitutions, summations, superstitions, suppositions, suspensions, suspicions, syndications, tabulations, tacticians, technicians, telecommunications, temptations, terminations, theoreticians, traditions, transactions, transformations, transgressions, transitions, translations, transmissions, tribulations, tuitions, vacations, vaccinations, valuations, variations, vibrations, violations, visitations, vocations, workstations. |
| 3 | -u n z | abandons, abrasions, abstentions, accordions, aliens, allergens, allusions, amphibians, antigens, antihistamines, antitoxins, aprons, arcadians, arsons, artisans, aspens, aspersions, assassins, Avions, awakens, badmintons, balbriggans, barbarians, bargains, barons, barrens, basins, bastions, battalions, beacons, beckons, bedouins, billions, blackens, bourbons, brackens, brightens, broadens, bruins, bulletins, burdens, buttons, cabins, cannons, canons, cantons, canyons, captains, carbons, carcinogens, cardigans, cartons, catamarans, catkins, caymans, centenarians, champions, chaplains, charlatans, chickens, chieftains, citizens, civilians, collegians, collisions, comedians, Commons, companions, comparisons, conclusions, confusions, congresspersons, contrarians, contusions, conversions, cottons, cousins, cravens, curtains, custodians, Daltons, dandelions, deacons, decisions, deepens, delicatessens, delusions, demons, denizens, determines, Dickens, dioxins, disciplinarians, disciplines, diversions, divisions, Dobsons, doctrines, dolphins, dozens, dragons, dungeons, elevens, endorphins, engines, environs, envisions, eons, equations, estrogens, evasions, evens, examines, exclusions, excursions, explosions, falcons, famines, felons, firmans, fluorocarbons, fortunes, fountains, frightens, galleons, gallons, Gammons, gardens, gascons, germans, Gibbons, givens, globulins, gluttons, gorgons, Gowans, grabens, gremlins, gryphons, guardians, happens, hardens, hastens, havens, heavens, heightens, heroines, herons, historians, hooligans, horizons, humanitarians, humans, hydrocarbons, hydrogens, illusions, imagines, incisions, inclusions, incursions, infusions, intentions, interventions, intestines, intrusions, invasions, ions, jillions, Jordans, kindergartens, kitchens, kittens, leavens, legions, lemans, lemons, lengthens, lesbians, lesions, lessens, lessons, libertarians, librarians, lichens, likens, linens, lions, lippens, listens, loosens, lubricants, luncheons, maidens, mandarins, mansions, margins, Marlins, martens, masons, matrons, mavens, medallions, medicines, melons, metropolitans, mignons, millions, minions, misfortunes, mittens, Morgans, mountains, muffins, mullens, myrmidons, neurosurgeons, newspersons, nonwovens, occasions, omens, onions, opens, opinions, organs, orphans, ovens, paeans, pardons, parliamentarians, Parsons, partisans, pathogens, patrons, pavilions, pedestrians, pelicans, penguins, penicillins, peons, persons, persuasions, pigeons, Pipkins, pistons, plantains, plebeians, poisons, pollens, polyhedrons, porcelains, prisons, prostaglandins, protozoans, provisions, pumpkins, puritans, questions, quickens, ravens, reasons, rebellions, recisions, reckons, regimens, regions, religions, reopens, republicans, rescissions, reunions, revisions, ribbons, Robins, romans, ruins, saddens, salmons, samaritans, sapiens, scallions, scorpions, seasons, seminarians, sermons, sevens, shamans, sharpens, shenanigans, shortens, Siemens, siphons, sirens, skeletons, slackens, slogans, smoothens, snapdragons, softens, sovereigns, sovrans, specimens, spokespersons, squadrons, stallions, stiffens, straightens, strengthens, sturgeons, subdivisions, suburbans, suggestions, sultans, summons, surgeons, sweetens, talons, tamarins, televisions, tendons, tensions, theologians, thickens, threatens, tightens, titans, toboggans, tokens, totalitarians, toughens, toxins, transfusions, trillions, truncheons, turbans, unions, unisons, urchins, utopians, vegetarians, versions, veterans, veterinarians, villains, virgins, visions, vitamins, wagons, wardens, warrens, watermelons, weakens, weapons, widens, woolens, worsens, yaupons, zillions. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-m-n-o-p-s-s-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: assumption, potassiums. | |
-2 letters: assumpsit, potassium. | |
-3 letters: impastos, maintops, manitous, missouts, misstops, opuntias, outspans, pantoums, passions, pissants, ptomains, puissant, spinouts, spumonis, stasimon, suasions, sunspots, sustains, tampions, tinamous, tsunamis, utopians, utopisms. | |
-4 letters: amounts, autisms, impasto, imposts, issuant, maintop, manitos, manitou, manitus, missout, misstop, monists, opuntia, outmans, outpass, outsins, outspan, pantoum, passion, pissant, pistons, pitmans, possums, postins. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-m-n-o-p-s-s-s-t-u" | |
+2 letters: misassumption, reassumptions. | |
+3 letters: misassumptions. | |
+5 letters: outdoorsmanships. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Quotations: Spoken | 9. Quotations: Speeches 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Bibliography |
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