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Definition: Presumption |
PresumptionNoun1. An assumption that is taken for granted. 2. (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed. 3. Audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness". 4. A kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming; "his presumption was intolerable". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "presumption" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Synonyms: PresumptionSynonyms: assumption (n), effrontery (n), given (n), precondition (n), presumptuousness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Belief | Noun: belief; credence; credit; assurance; faith, trust, troth, confidence, presumption, sanguine expectation; (hope); dependence on, reliance on. |
Expectation | Hope; trust; (belief); auspices; (prediction); assurance, confidence, presumption, reliance. |
Hope | Assumption, presumption; anticipation; (expectation). |
Insolence | Assumption, presumption; beggar on horseback; usurpation. |
Misjudgment | Prejudgment, prejudication, prejudice; foregone conclusion; prenotion, prevention, preconception, predilection, prepossession, preapprehension, presumption, assumption, presentiment; fixed idea, preconceived idea; id_e fixe; mentis gratissimus error; fool's paradise. |
Probability | Vraisemblance, verisimilitude, plausibility; color, semblance, show of; presumption; presumptive evidence, circumstantial evidence; credibility. |
Rashness | Noun: rashness; Adjective: temerity, want of caution, imprudence, indiscretion; overconfidence, presumption, audacity. |
Supposition | Noun: supposition, assumption, assumed position, postulation, condition, presupposition, hypothesis, blue sky hypothesis, postulate, postulatum, theory; thesis, theorem; data; proposition, position; proposal; (plan); presumption; (belief); divination. |
Undueness | Usurpation, tort, violation, breach, encroachment, presumption, assumption, seizure; stretch, exaction, imposition, lion's share. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Presumption |
| English words defined with "presumption": hubris ♦ Latitat ♦ Outrecuidance ♦ Presumedly, Presumption of law, Probable cause ♦ Surquidry ♦ Violent presumption. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "presumption": INFERIAE, Ixion ♦ Prisoner of Bill ♦ RPAR ♦ Special review. (references) |
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| Author | Quotation |
Nicholas Cusa | Ability doth hit the mark where presumption over-shooteth and diffidence falleth short. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | Tom Stoppard | We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us; leaving nothing but a memory of the smell of smoke and a presumption that our eyes once watered |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In these diseases, a reasonable correlation between rates of systemic infection and concentrations of serum immunoglobulins supports this presumption. (references) | |
Economic History | Netherlands | This burden is eased by an existing provision that prior employment with the firm of at least two and a half years amounts to a presumption of unique qualifications for the job. (references) |
Human Rights | Belgium | Charges are stated clearly and formally, and there is a presumption of innocence. (references) |
Venezuela | However, under the previous secretive inquisitorial code, the presumption of innocence generally was not respected nor accepted. (references) | |
Political Economy | SWITZERLAND | In early 1996, a new Cartel Law came into effect, introducing the presumption that horizontal agreements setting prices, production volume, or territorial distribution diminish effective competition and are therefore unlawful. (references) |
China | Some lawyers, law professors, and jurists continued publicly to press for a transparent system of discovery, abolition of coerced confessions, a presumption of innocence, an independent judiciary, the right to remain silent, and improved administrative laws giving citizens recourse against unlawful acts by the Government. (references) | |
MOROCCO | The 1992 Foreign Trade Law committed Morocco to the principles of free trade, reversing the legal presumption of import protection. (references) | |
Political Rights | Pakistan | Legal observers expressed concern over the concentration of power in the NAB, the fact that NAB chairmen have all been members of the military, and the presumption of guilt in accountability cases. (references) |
Women | Pakistan | Police are reluctant to take the complaint and sometimes are abusive toward the victim; the courts do not have consistent standards of proof as to what constitutes rape and what corroboration is required; and judges, police, and prosecutors are biased against female rape victims, tending towards a presumption of female consent and the belief that women lie about such things. (references) |
Worker Rights | Morocco | The Government lacks the resources to enforce laws against child labor, and there is general acceptance of the presumption that, to properly learn traditional handicraft skills, it is necessary for children to start working at a young age. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | INFERIAE,n. [Latin] Among the Greeks and Romans, sacrifices for propitation of the Dii Manes, or souls of the dead heroes; for the pious ancients could not invent enough gods to satisfy their spiritual needs, and had to have a number of makeshift deities, or, as a sailor might say, jury-gods, which they made out of the most unpromising materials. It was while sacrificing a bullock to the spirit of Agamemnon that Laiaides, a priest of Aulis, was favored with an audience of that illustrious warrior's shade, who prophetically recounted to him the birth of Christ and the triumph of Christianity, giving him also a rapid but tolerably complete review of events down to the reign of Saint Louis. The narrative ended abruptly at the point, owing to the inconsiderate crowing of a cock, which compelled the ghosted King of Men to scamper back to Hades. There is a fine mediaeval flavor to this story, and as it has not been traced back further than Pere Brateille, a pious but obscure writer at the court of Saint Louis, we shall probably not err on the side of presumption in considering it apocryphal, though Monsignor Capel's judgment of the matter might be different; and to that I bow -- wow. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | On the presumption that this depression and the deficiency in the revenue arising from it would be temporary, loans were authorized for the demands of the last and present year. |
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| "Presumption" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Presumption" is used about 466 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 (singular) | 100% | 466 | 12,650 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "presumption": Conclusive presumption ♦ have the presumption ♦ presumption of fact ♦ presumption of law ♦ refutable presumption ♦ violent presumption. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
presumption | 6 |
innocence presumption | 5 |
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| Language | Translations for "presumption"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | pandehje (presupposition, surmise), teprim (excess, exorbitance, exorbitancy, extravagance), supozim (assumption, calculation, conjecture, guess, guesswork, presupposition, supposition), mundësi (capability, capacity, chance, eventuality, handle, ingress, likelihood, look in, odds, opportunity, possibility, potential, potentiality, power, probability, scope, space, wherewithal), mendjemadhësi (arrogance, conceit, haughtiness, hauteur), guxim i tepruar (foolhardiness). (various references) | |
Arabic | قرينة (wife), وقاحة (audacity, boldness, cheek, effrontery, face, flippancy, forwardness, gall, hardihood, immodesty, impertinence, impolicy, impudence, insolence, lip, manginess, nastiness, naughtiness, nerve, perkiness, pertness, sauce, sauciness), تحدس, تسليم ب (recognition, resignation), تخمين (appraisal, assessment, estimate, estimation, guess, guess-work, prognosis, rating, speculation, valuation), إفتراض (assumption, guess, hypothesis, postulate, presupposition, proposition, supposition). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | самонадеяност (assumption, conceit, self sufficiency), вероятност (credibility, expectance, expectancy, expectation, fear, feasibility, likelihood, probability, verisimilitude), нахалство (arrogance, cheek, contumely, crust, face, front, gall, impertinence, insolence, lip, mouth, neck, nerve, sauciness, temerity, uppishness), арогантност (arrogance, assumption, insolence), презумпция (presupposition), предположение (assumption, conjecture, guess, hypothesis, if, postulate, presupposition, speculation, suggestion, supposition, surmise), предполагане, приемане за дадено. (various references) | |
Catalan | drets (claim, pretence). (various references) | |
Chinese | 推测 (extrapolation, Fathomed, Fathoming, speculate, Speculated, Speculating, surmise, Surmised, Surmising). (various references) | |
Czech | předpoklad (assumption, condition, hypothesis, postulate, precondition, premise, prerequisite, presupposition, supposition), smìlost (audacity), sebevìdomí (conceit, ego, self confidence), domnìní. (various references) | |
Danish | vælte en formodning (to rebut a presumption), forhåndsformodning om manglende skyld (presumption of innocence), almindelig formodning (prima facie presumption, straightforward presumption). (various references) | |
Dutch | verbeelding (arrogance, assumingness, fiction, imagination, overbearingness), arrogantie (arrogance, assumingness, overbearingness, pretence). (various references) | |
Esperanto | pretendo (claim, pretence), pretendemo (assumingness, overbearingness, pretence), malmodesteco (arrogance, assumingness, high-handedness, pretence), aroganteco (arrogance, assumingness, overbearingness). (various references) | |
Farsi | فرض (Assumption, Duty, Guess, Hypothesis, If, Liability, Posit, Supposition, Thesis), گستاخی (Arrogance, Assurance, Audacity, Bronze, Effrontery, Gall, Impertinence, Impudence, Indecency, Insolence), جسارت (Audacity, Effrontery, Insolence, Spleen, Temerity, Venture), احتمال (Aptness, Expectancy, Liability, Likelihoood, Possibility, Probability, Supposition), استنباط (Deduction, Follow). (various references) | |
Finnish | olettamus (assumption, hypothesis, supposition). (various references) | |
French | présomption, supposition, impertinence, audacité. (various references) | |
German | Vermutung (assumption, conjecture, guess, guesswork, speculation, suggestion, supposition, surmise, suspicion). (various references) | |
Greek | υπόθεση (affair, assumption, business, case, cause, concern, conjecture, hypothesis, matter, premise, shebang, supposition). (various references) | |
Hebrew | חוצפ" (audacity, effrontery, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, liberty, pertness), "שער" (assumption, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmise), סבר" (conjecture, logical argument, opinion, speculation, supposition, surmise, view). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vélelem, feltételezés (admittance, assumption, conjecture, guess, presupposition, supposition). (various references) | |
Indonesian | anggapan (assumption, belief, contention, impression, judgment, supposition, suspicion). (various references) | |
Italian | presunzione (conceit, confidence, overconfidence, self-conceit), supposizione (assumption, guess, guesswork, postulation, speculation, supposition). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 烏滸の沙汰 (absurdity, impertinence, stupidity), 盲進 (rushing recklessly), 推定 (assumption, estimation). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すいてい (assumption, estimation, sea or river bottom), お"のさた (absurdity, impertinence, stupidity), もうし" (blind acceptance, blind belief, credulity, rushing madly ahead, rushing recklessly). (various references) | |
Manx | sheiltynys (concept, conjecture, fancy, fantasy, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, theory), kione-ardys (arrogance, exaltation, haughtiness, presumptuousness, pride, superciliousness), barel (appreciation, estimation, hypothesis, opinion, review). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | esumptionpray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | presunção (airs, arrogance, assumption, assurance, conceit, concetto, coxcombry, daring, pragmatism, pretension, puppyism, self-assurance, self-conceit, self-importance, self-sufficiency, self-support, surmise, swagger, swank, vainglory, vanity). (various references) | |
Romanian | probabilitate (appearance, expectation, likelihood, probability, verisimilitude), prezumţie (assumption, suspicion), presupunere (assumption, conjecture, guess, idea, if, speculation, supposition, surmise), infatuare (inflation, perkiness, pomposity, vanity), bãnuialã (anticipation, apprehension, conjecture, discredit, distrust, doubt, foresight, hunch, idea, inkling, jealousy, mistrust, supposition, surmise, suspicion), îngâmfare (conceit, false pride, haughtiness, perkiness, pride, self-conceit, superciliousness, vainglory, vanity). (various references) | |
Russian | предположение (assumption, conjecture, contemplation, guess, presupposition, speculation, supposition). (various references) | |
Scottish | d nachd (nf.ind. poetry). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pretpostavka (assumption, conjecture, hypothesis, postulation, supposition, surmise), drskost (arrogance, audaciousness, brash, effrontery, forwardness, impertinence, impudence, lip, nerve, petulance, temerity). (various references) | |
Spanish | pretensión (affectation, arrogance, aspiration, claim, offer, offer of marriage, offer of parriage, pretence, pretense, pretension, pretentiousness, proposal), derecho (bolt upright, canoness, claim, direct, directly, erect, jurisdiction, law, legitimacy, onside, pretence, rectum, redress, right, standing, straight, straight ahead, title, upright), presunción (assumption, conceit, conjecture, pomposity, pretension, pretentiousness, priggishness, self-assertion, self-importance, smugness). (various references) | |
Swedish | förutsättning (assumption, basis, postulate, qualification), övermod (arrogance, bravado, hubris, recklessness). (various references) | |
Turkish | zan (supposition), varsayma, tahmin (approximation, calculation, conjecture, divination, estimate, estimation, forecast, guess, judgement, outlook, prediction, presupposition, prognostication, prophecy, shot, speculation, supposition, surmise), olasılık (chance, contingency, eventuality, expectation, likelihood, odds, plausibility, possibility, potentiality, probability, prospect, verisimilitude), karine, küstahlık (arrogance, assuredness, audaciousness, audacity, back chat, backchat, boldness, brass, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpa, chutzpah, effrontery, flippancy, forwardness, gall, hardihood, hardiness, impertinence, insolence, lip, pertness, temerity), ihtimal (chance, contingency, eventuality, likelihood, odds, possibility, potentiality, probability, prospect, sight, verisimilitude), haddini bilmezlik, haddini aşma, farzetme (assumption), cüret (audacity, boldness, brass, chutzpa, chutzpah, daring, derring-do, forwardness, front, hardihood, hardiness, nerve, temerity, venture). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | самовпевненість (aplomb, arrogance, assuming, assumption, assuredness, confidence, outrecuidance, overconfidence, self confidence, self sufficiency, self-assertion), презумпція, припущення (admission, assumption, calculation, conjecture, guess, hypothesis, inference, perhaps, presupposition, subaudition, suppose, supposition, surmise, theory). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tính tự phụ (bumptiousness, chestiness, cockiness, conceit, donnishness, presumptuousness, pretentiousness, pride, self-conceit, swelled head, swollen head), tính quá tự tin sự cho l đúng, sự cầm bằng, sự đoán chừng (guess-work), căn cứ để cho l đúng, căn cứ để cầm bằng, căn cứ để đoán chừng, điều cho l đúng, điều cầm bằng, điều đoán chừng. (various references) | |
Welsh | trahauster (arrogance), traha (arrogance), rhyfyg (foolhardiness). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | arrogantia, arrogantiam, praesumptio, praesumptionem, praesumptionis. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "presumption": presumptions. (additional references) | |
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"Presumption" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: presumptios, presumtion. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "presumption" (pronounced pruzu"mpshun or prēzu"mpshun) |
| 9 | -r u z u" m p sh u n | resumption. |
| 6 | -u" m p sh u n | assumption, consumption, gumption. |
| 5 | -m p sh u n | exemption, overconsumption, preemption, redemption. |
| 4 | -p sh u n | absorption, adoption, anticorruption, caption, conception, conniption, conscription, contraception, contraption, corruption, deception, description, disruption, egyptian, encryption, eruption, exception, inception, inscription, interception, interruption, misconception, misperception, nonprescription, option, perception, preconception, prescription, proscription, reception, subscription, transcription. |
| 3 | -sh u n | facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, abrogation, absolution, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraction, contradiction, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, erudition, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
| 7 | -z u" m p sh u n | resumption. |
| 6 | -u" m p sh u n | assumption, consumption, gumption. |
| 5 | -m p sh u n | exemption, overconsumption, preemption, redemption. |
| 4 | -p sh u n | absorption, adoption, anticorruption, caption, conception, conniption, conscription, contraception, contraption, corruption, deception, description, disruption, egyptian, encryption, eruption, exception, inception, inscription, interception, interruption, misconception, misperception, nonprescription, option, perception, preconception, prescription, proscription, reception, subscription, transcription. |
| 3 | -sh u n | facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, abrogation, absolution, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraction, contradiction, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, erudition, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-m-n-o-p-p-r-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: importunes, resumption. | |
-2 letters: eruptions, importune, imposture, orpiments, peponiums, unstopper, uppermost. | |
-3 letters: eruption, imposter, imputers, misroute, moisture, monsieur, mounters, nepotism, orpiment, peponium, pimentos, pointers, porniest, promines, propines, proteins, protiums, pruinose, remounts, roupiest, routines, snoutier, stumpier, terminus, tropines, unmiters, unmitres, unripest, uptempos. | |
-4 letters: emptins, erotism, impetus, impones, imports, imposer, imprest, imputer, imputes, inpours, mentors, merinos, mestino. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-m-n-o-p-p-r-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: presumptions. | |
+2 letters: mousetrapping. | |
+4 letters: mercaptopurines, superimposition. | |
+5 letters: superimpositions. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Quotations: Speeches | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Translations: Ancient 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Bibliography |
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