Assumption, in Christianity, refers to the

Assumption of Mary The Assumption of Mary is one of the four Catholic Mariology#Dogmatic teachings, Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. Pope Pius XII defined it on 1 November 1950 in his apostolic constitution as follows: It leaves open the question of w ...

, 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 Assumption Island is a small island in the Outer Islands of Seychelles north of Madagascar, southwest of the capital, Victoria. In 2018, Seychelles and India signed an agreement to build and operate a joint military facility on a portion of ...

, Seychelles ** Assumption Island Airport * Assumption, Minnesota, United States * Assumption, Nebraska, United States * Assumption, Ohio, United States *

Assumption Parish, Louisiana Assumption Parish (, ) is a List of parishes in Louisiana, parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 21,039. Its County seat, parish seat is Napoleonville, Louisiana, Na ...

, 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 * "Assumptions" (''Doctors''), a 2003 television episode * Assumption (film), a 2017 short film by Anthony Leone * "Assumptions" (''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''), a 2019 television episode * "Assumptions" (song), 2021 song by Sam Gellaitry

Churches

* Assumption Chapel, Minnesota, United States * Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Michigan, United States * Assumption – St. Paul, New York, United States * Cathedral of the Assumption (disambiguation) * Church of the Assumption (disambiguation)

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 A tacit assumption or implicit assumption is an assumption that underlies a logical argument, course of action, Decision-making, decision, or judgment that is not explicitly voiced nor necessarily understood by the decision maker or judge. These as ...

, belief applied in developing a logical argument or decision that is not explicitly voiced nor necessarily understood by the decision maker **

Presupposition In linguistics and philosophy, a presupposition 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: * ''Jane no longer writes ...

, 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 * Responsibility assumption

Schools

Australia

Assumption College, Kilmore Assumption College (often known as ACK, where the K stands for Kilmore) is an Australian Roman Catholic Church in Australia, Catholic co-educational Secondary school, secondary Day school, day and boarding school. The school is located in the tow ...

, Victoria * Assumption College, Warwick, Queensland

Canada

Assumption Catholic Secondary School Assumption Catholic Secondary School is a Catholic school, Catholic high school in Burlington, Ontario. Background The school population for the 2015-2016 school year was approximately 870. Assumption receives most new students from local Separa ...

, Burlington, Ontario * Assumption College School, Windsor, Ontario * Assumption College School (Brantford), Ontario *

Assumption University (Windsor, Ontario) Assumption University is a Roman Catholic university in Windsor, Ontario, federated with the University of Windsor. It was founded in 1857 as Assumption College by the Society of Jesus and incorporated by an Act of the Parliament of Upper Canada ...

India

* Assumption College, Changanasserry, Kerala

Japan

* Assumption Junior College, Osaka Prefecture

Philippines

* Assumption Antipolo * Assumption College of Davao, Davao City *

Assumption College San Lorenzo Assumption College San Lorenzo (AC, Assumption SanLo, Assumption Makati) is a private, Roman Catholic basic and higher education institution exclusively for girls run by the Religious of the Assumption in San Lorenzo Village, Makati, Philippi ...

, Makati City * Assumption Iloilo, Iloilo City *

University of the Assumption The University of the Assumption (U.A.) is a private archdiocesan Catholic university in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines. The University of the Assumption is the first Catholic archdiocesan university in the Philippines and in A ...

, Pampanga

Singapore

* Assumption English School

Thailand

* Assumption College Sriracha, Chonburi Province *

Assumption College (Thailand) Assumption College () is a Roman Catholic all-boys private school in Bangkok, Thailand. The school was founded by Father Emile-August Colombet on 16 February 1885, and is the first school founded by the Order of Brothers of Christian Instructi ...

Assumption University (Thailand) Assumption University (Thai: มหาวิทยาลัยอัสสัมชัญ, RTGS: Mahawitthayalai Assumption, abbreviated ABAC) also referred to by its acronym AU is a private school, private, Catholic higher education, Catholic, ...

, Bangkok

UK (Northern Ireland)

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 Assump ...

, Ballynahinch, County Down, Northern Ireland

United States

* Academy of the Assumption, Florida * Assumption Catholic School, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston * Assumption University, Massachusetts * Assumption College for Sisters, New Jersey * Assumption High School (Iowa) * 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 in ...

* Assumption High School (Wisconsin) * Assumption Preparatory School, Massachusetts * Assumption School, Illinois * Assumption School (Saint Paul, Minnesota)