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A matter to be dealt with; a task:
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- A matter to be dealt with; a task:
- A subject for discussion or analysis.
- (Logic) An informative statement whose truth or falsity can be evaluated by means of logic
An established rule, principle, or law.
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- An established rule, principle, or law.
- A statement universally accepted as true; maxim
- (Philosophy) A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved.
Something taken for granted or accepted as true without proof; a supposition:
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- Something taken for granted or accepted as true without proof; a supposition:
- The act of taking to or upon oneself:
- The act of taking for granted:
To serve as an introduction to.
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- To serve as an introduction to.
- To furnish or introduce with a preface
- To be or serve as a preface to; begin
To enter upon or have a beginning; start.
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- To enter upon or have a beginning; start.
- To begin; start.
(Now Chiefly Dial.) To cause to start, or move involuntarily; startle
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- (Now Chiefly Dial.) To cause to start, or move involuntarily; startle
- To found; establish:
- To set into motion, operation, or activity:
To make known publicly one's candidacy or one's political endorsement of another
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- To make known publicly one's candidacy or one's political endorsement of another
- To declare one's candidacy:
- To declare publicly; give notice of formally; proclaim
To suppose or assume beforehand; take for granted
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- To suppose or assume beforehand; take for granted
- To require or involve necessarily as an antecedent condition:
- To believe or suppose in advance:
To consider as a suggestion:
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- To consider as a suggestion:
- To consider to be probable or likely:
- To assume to be true or real for the sake of argument or explanation:
To assume or assert the truth, reality, or necessity of, especially as a basis of an argument:
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- To assume or assert the truth, reality, or necessity of, especially as a basis of an argument:
- (Archaic) To claim; demand; require
- To assume without proof to be true, real, or necessary, esp. as a basis for argument
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Something taken for granted or accepted as true without proof; a supposition:
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- Something taken for granted or accepted as true without proof; a supposition:
- The act of taking to or upon oneself:
- The act of taking for granted:
(Mathematics) An axiom.
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- (Mathematics) An axiom.
- Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument:
- A fundamental element; a basic principle.
(Logic) Something self-evident that can be assumed as the basis of an argument
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- (Logic) Something self-evident that can be assumed as the basis of an argument
Something supposed; assumption; hypothesis
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- Something supposed; assumption; hypothesis
- The act of supposing.
A belief or principle that guides action or assists comprehension or judgment:
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- A belief or principle that guides action or assists comprehension or judgment:
- The branch of a science or art consisting of its explanatory statements, accepted principles, and methods of analysis, as opposed to practice:
- Abstract reasoning; speculation:
A proposition that is maintained by argument.
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- A proposition that is maintained by argument.
- A dissertation advancing an original point of view as a result of research, especially as a requirement for an academic degree.
- In Hegelian philosophy, the initial, least adequate phase of development in dialectic
To pretend to have; feign:
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- To pretend to have; feign:
- To put oneself into
- To take upon oneself (a duty or obligation):
To assume or put forward, as for consideration or the basis of argument:
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- To assume or put forward, as for consideration or the basis of argument:
- To suggest or hypothesize
- To set down or assume as fact; postulate
To assume or assert the truth, reality, or necessity of, especially as a basis of an argument:
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- To assume or assert the truth, reality, or necessity of, especially as a basis of an argument:
- (Archaic) To claim; demand; require
- To assume without proof to be true, real, or necessary, esp. as a basis for argument
To take for granted that something is true or factual; make a supposition.
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- To take for granted that something is true or factual; make a supposition.
- To venture without authority or permission; dare:
- To take upon oneself without permission or authority; dare (to say or do something); venture
To suppose or assume beforehand; take for granted
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- To suppose or assume beforehand; take for granted
- To require or involve necessarily as an antecedent condition:
- To believe or suppose in advance:
To imagine; conjecture.
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- To imagine; conjecture.
- To consider to be probable or likely:
- To assume to be true or real for the sake of argument or explanation:
To judge; consider; estimate
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- To judge; consider; estimate
- To consider as being; regard as:
- (Chiefly South & South Midland) To think or believe:
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