Hyphenation of assumption

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word assumption? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

as-sump-tion

Definitions of assumption:

1.	A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn On the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play
2.	A hypothesis that is taken for granted Any society is built upon certain assumptions
3.	The act of taking possession of or power over something His assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba The Nazi assumption of power in 1934 He acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts
4.	Celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended Corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church
5.	(Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended
6.	Audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to He despised them for their presumptuousness
7.	The act of assuming or taking for granted Your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted

Synonyms of assumption:

noun	premise, premiss, postulate, posit
noun	supposition, supposal, hypothesis, possibility, theory
noun	laying claim, acquisition
noun	Assumption, Assumption of Mary, August 15, holy day of obligation
noun	presumption, presumptuousness, effrontery, audacity, audaciousness
noun	Assumption, miracle
noun	act, human action, human activity

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