Presumption



GRE

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GRE 红宝书

• n. 冒昧; 专横; 假定
• ［英］ n.专横 ( presumptuous attitude or conduct; audacity) ; 假定 ( assumption)
• ［类］ transgression : morality / presumption : propriety ( 犯罪不讲道德 / 专横不讲礼貌)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English presumpcioun, from Anglo-French presumption, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin praesumption-, praesumptio presumptuous attitude, from Latin, assumption, from praesumere
• Date: 13th century
• 1. presumptuous attitude or conduct ; audacity
• 2.
  • a. an attitude or belief dictated by probability ; assumption
  • b. the ground, reason, or evidence lending probability to a belief
• 3. a legal inference as to the existence or truth of a fact not certainly known that is drawn from the known or proved existence of some other fact

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