presumption

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun an assumption that is taken for granted
noun (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed
noun audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to

From Middle English presumpcioun, presumption, from Old French presumption and its etymon Latin praesūmptiō.

I will not allow such presumption. — A Little Princess: Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time, Frances Hodgson Burnett
“Her presumption” was to be excused. — Cranford, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
And yet how many presumptions there were against him! — Around the World in Eighty Days, Jules Verne

given, precondition

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