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Assumption, in Christianity, refers to the Assumption of Mary, a belief in the taking up of the Virgin Mary into heaven. Assumption may also refer to:


Places

* Assumption, Alberta, Canada * Assumption, Illinois, United States ** Assumption Township, Christian County, Illinois * Assumption Island, Seychelles **
Assumption Island Airport Assumption Island Airport is an airport serving Assumption Island in the Seychelles. The island is southeast of the Aldabra Atoll and is part of the Aldabra Group. See also * *Transport in Seychelles *List of airports in Seychelles This i ...
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Assumption, Minnesota Assumption is an unincorporated community in Carver and Sibley Counties, Minnesota, United States. The community is located eight miles east-northeast of Green Isle. Nearby places also include Hamburg, Norwood Young America Norwood Yo ...
, United States *
Assumption, Nebraska Assumption is an unincorporated community in Adams County, Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both ...
, United States *
Assumption, Ohio Assumption is a small unincorporated community and also a historically Irish (Catholic) community in southern Amboy Township, Fulton County, Ohio, United States. A part of the Toledo Metropolitan Area, it lies seven miles from the northern edge ...
, United States * Assumption Parish, Louisiana, United States


Arts, entertainment, and media

* "Assumption" (short story), a 1929 story by Samuel Beckett * Assumption of Moses, a Jewish apocryphal pseudepigraphical work of uncertain date and authorship


Churches

* Assumption Chapel, Minnesota, United States * Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Michigan, United States *
Assumption – St. Paul Assumption – St. Paul is a Roman Catholic parish in New Brighton, Staten Island, New York, United States. The parish was formed by the merger in 2007 of Church of the Assumption and St. Paul's Church. Assumption Church The parish of the Chu ...
, New York, United States * Cathedral of the Assumption (disambiguation) *
Church of the Assumption (disambiguation) Church of the Assumption or Church of the Assumption of Mary may refer to: Bosnia and Herzegovina *Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Uskoplje *Church of the Assumption, Jajce Bulgaria *Church of the Assumption (Uzundzhovo) ...


Logic

* Closed-world assumption, the presumption that a statement that is true is also known to be true, and a statement not known to be true is false * Open-world assumption, assumption that the truth value of a statement may be true irrespective of whether or not it is known to be true * Tacit assumption, belief applied in developing a logical argument or decision that is not explicitly voiced nor necessarily understood by the decision maker **
Presupposition In the branch of linguistics known as pragmatics, a presupposition (or PSP) is an implicit assumption about the world or background belief relating to an utterance whose truth is taken for granted in discourse. Examples of presuppositions include ...
, a tacit assumption about the world or background belief relating to an utterance * Unique name assumption, in logics where different names always refer to different entities in the world


Schools


Australia

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Assumption College, Kilmore Assumption College (often known as ACK, where the K stands for Kilmore) is an Australian Catholic co-educational secondary day and boarding school. The school is located in the town of Kilmore, Victoria. The College was founded in 1893 by the ...
, Victoria * Assumption College, Warwick, Queensland


Canada

* Assumption Catholic Secondary School, Burlington, Ontario * Assumption College School, Windsor, Ontario * Assumption College School (Brantford), Ontario * Assumption University (Windsor, Ontario)


India

* Assumption College, Changanasserry, Kerala


Japan

* Assumption Junior College, Osaka Prefecture


Philippines

* Assumption Antipolo * Assumption College of Davao, Davao City * Assumption College San Lorenzo, Makati City * Assumption Iloilo, Iloilo City * University of the Assumption, Pampanga


Singapore

* Assumption English School


Thailand

* Assumption College Sriracha, Chonburi Province * Assumption College (Thailand) * Assumption University (Thailand), Bangkok


UK (Northern Ireland)

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Assumption Grammar School Assumption Grammar School (also known as 'The Assumption', 'Assumption Grammar' or 'AGS’) is a Catholic girls' grammar school in Ballynahinch, County Down, Northern Ireland with over 900 students. History The school was founded by the Missio ...
, Ballynahinch, County Down, Northern Ireland


United States

* Academy of the Assumption, Florida * Assumption Catholic School, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston *
Assumption College Assumption College may refer to these educational institutions: Australia * Assumption College, Kilmore, Victoria * Assumption College, Warwick, Queensland Canada * Assumption University (Windsor, Ontario) (formerly Assumption College) * Assumpt ...
, Massachusetts *
Assumption College for Sisters The Assumption College for Sisters is a private two-year Roman Catholic women's college formerly located in Mendham Borough, New Jersey. Founded in 1953 through an affiliation with nearby Seton Hall University, Assumption is run by the Sister ...
, New Jersey *
Assumption High School (Iowa) Assumption High School (AHS) is a Roman Catholic high school in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport in the U.S. state of Iowa. Bridget Murphy is the current principal of Assumption High. In 1958, AHS opened its doors as a co-institutional fa ...
* Assumption High School (Kentucky) *
Assumption High School (Louisiana) Assumption High School (AHS) is a public secondary school located at 4880 Highway 308 in Assumption Parish, Louisiana, United States, north of the city of Napoleonville. It is a part of the Assumption Parish School Board. The sole high school i ...
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Assumption High School (Wisconsin) Assumption High School is a Roman Catholic high school in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Crosse, Diocese of La Crosse. Assumption was established in 1951. It is the only high school in the Wisconsin Rapids Area Ca ...
* Assumption Preparatory School, Massachusetts *
Assumption School The Assumption School was a Catholic elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, United States, from 1899 to 1945. Located at 317 West Erie Street, it was founded by Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first American to be made a Catholic saint. Th ...
, Illinois * Assumption School (Saint Paul, Minnesota)


See also

* Dormition (disambiguation) * Asunción, the Spanish word *
Axiom An axiom, postulate, or assumption is a statement that is taken to be true, to serve as a premise or starting point for further reasoning and arguments. The word comes from the Ancient Greek word (), meaning 'that which is thought worthy or f ...
* Assumption Cathedral (disambiguation) *
Church of the Assumption (disambiguation) Church of the Assumption or Church of the Assumption of Mary may refer to: Bosnia and Herzegovina *Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Uskoplje *Church of the Assumption, Jajce Bulgaria *Church of the Assumption (Uzundzhovo) ...
* Debt Assumption, the US policy under Alexander Hamilton to assume the war debt of some states *
Entering heaven alive Entering heaven alive (called by various religions "ascension", "assumption", or "translation") is a belief held in various religions. Since death is the normal end to an individual's life on Earth and the beginning of afterlife, entering hea ...
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L'Assomption River The Assomption River (in French ''Rivière l'Assomption'', named after the Assumption of Mary) is the most important waterway in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. It is over long, and has a drainage basin (watershed) of . Its source is th ...
, Quebec, Canada * List of churches consecrated to Santa Maria Assunta ("Assunta" is the Italian for Assumption) *
Presupposition In the branch of linguistics known as pragmatics, a presupposition (or PSP) is an implicit assumption about the world or background belief relating to an utterance whose truth is taken for granted in discourse. Examples of presuppositions include ...
* Proposition {{disambiguation, geo