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Presumption

Definition: Presumption

Presumption

Noun

1. 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: Presumption

Synonyms: assumption (n), effrontery (n), given (n), precondition (n), presumptuousness (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Presumption

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: Presumption

English words defined with "presumption": hubrisLatitatOutrecuidancePresumedly, Presumption of law, Probable causeSurquidryViolent presumption. (references)
Specialty definitions using "presumption": INFERIAE, IxionPrisoner of BillRPARSpecial review. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Presumption

DomainTitle

Books

  • Faith Foolishness or Presumption (reference)

  • Presumption of Guilt (reference)

  • Presumption of Innocence (reference)

  • The Presumption of Atheism and Other Philosophical Essays on God, Freedom, and Immortality (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Familiar Quotations: Presumption

AuthorQuotation

Nicholas Cusa

Ability doth hit the mark where presumption over-shooteth and diffidence falleth short.

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Use in Literature: Presumption

TitleAuthorQuote

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Presumption

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Presumption

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

James Monroe

1817-1825On 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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Presumption

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%46612,650

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Presumption

Expressions using "presumption": Conclusive presumption have the presumption presumption of fact presumption of law refutable presumption violent presumption. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Presumption

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

presumption

6

innocence presumption

5
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Modern Translation: Presumption

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Presumption

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

arrogantia, arrogantiam, praesumptio, praesumptionem, praesumptionis. (various references)

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Derivations & Misspellings: Presumption

Derivations

Words beginning with "presumption": presumptions. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Presumption" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: presumptios, presumtion. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Presumption"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "presumption" (pronounced pruzu"mpshun or prēzu"mpshun)
9-r u z u" m p sh u nresumption.
6-u" m p sh u nassumption, consumption, gumption.
5-m p sh u nexemption, overconsumption, preemption, redemption.
4-p sh u nabsorption, 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 nfacilitation, 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 nresumption.
6-u" m p sh u nassumption, consumption, gumption.
5-m p sh u nexemption, overconsumption, preemption, redemption.
4-p sh u nabsorption, 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 nfacilitation, 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.

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Anagrams: Presumption

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.

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INDEX

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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