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Annahme — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • acceptance noun The act of agreeing to receive, believe, or approve of something.
  • assumption noun Something accepted as true without proof, or the act of accepting it as true.
  • axiom noun A statement accepted as true without proof, used as a starting point from which other results are derived.
  • contraction noun A shortened form of a word or words, often marked with an apostrophe.
  • enactment noun The act of enacting, or the state of being enacted.
  • presumption noun Something accepted as probably true without direct proof, or the act of assuming it.
  • presupposition noun An assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation.
  • supposition noun An assumption made without full proof.

Senses

Annahme is used for these senses in English:

  • acceptance (business, finance) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance; the bill of exchange itself when accepted.
  • assumption The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
  • assumption The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
  • assumption The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
  • axiom (philosophy) A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved.
  • contraction An act of incurring debt; also (generally) , an act of acquiring something (generally negative).
  • enactment (law) A piece of legislation that has been properly authorized by a legislative body.
  • presumption The act of presuming, or something presumed.

acceptance — full definition

  1. noun The act of agreeing to receive, believe, or approve of something.
  2. noun The state of being included or welcomed by others.

assumption — full definition

  1. noun Something accepted as true without proof, or the act of accepting it as true.
  2. noun The act of taking on a role, duty, or responsibility.

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