Communication
Synonyms for assumption
The synonym for assumption recorded in this bank is premise, in the sense "a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for assumption
- premisenoun, in the sense "a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for assumption.
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 play.
The true synonym
premise
Same sentence, swapped: On the premise that he has been injured, we can infer that he will not play.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where assumption stands in the sentence above.
- effrontery
- concept
- reception
Where assumption turns up in the game
assumption is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where assumption is the trap
- modelnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is framework, in the sense "a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process", and assumption is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play assumption
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so assumption reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because communication is the company assumption keeps.
The same bank, read from both sides
assumption is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.