key assumption
collocation in Englishmeaningsofkeyandassumption
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key
adjective
uk/kiː/us/kiː/
very important and having a lot of influence on other people ...
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assumption
noun
uk/əˈsʌmp.ʃən/us/əˈsʌmp.ʃən/
something that you accept as true without question ...
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(Definition ofkeyandassumptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofkey assumption
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Because the simulation is so simple, it is easy to spot thekeyassumptionbehind all of these results.
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Dynamical coherence is akeyassumptionin the theory of stable ergodicity.
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Akeyassumptionin this derivation was the temperature of these grains prior to their descent through the atmosphere.
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They have a simple form because of thekeyassumptionthat the backgrounds are in linkage equilibrium.
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Akeyassumptionis that a household's consumption expenditure cannot fall below a positive level each period.
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Akeyassumptionof most research on heterotypic comorbidity is that identifying which disorder is primary will lead to more effective prevention and intervention programs.
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Akeyassumptionwas that because nonwords do not activate lexical representations, their phonological representations are not redintegrated.
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Akeyassumptionbehind all such activities is the belief that in today's world virtually all issues are of inter national scope and relevance.
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On the other hand, akeyassumptionof the proposed methods is that individuals exhibit phenotypic similarity only because of shared genes.
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Thekeyassumptionmade is that business gets no intrinsic value from the project.
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Thekeyassumptionin the model is that impacts have a hill-shaped relationship with temperature.
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And it does so without violating thekeyassumptionthat politicians are driven by election rather than their own policy goals.
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Thekeyassumptionis that every effective candidate has an equal chance of winning.
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Thekeyassumptionthroughout is one of linkage equilibria.
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Thekeyassumptionis that the data is already in a structured form.
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Separability of preferences for market and non-market service is also akeyassumptionused in most evaluations of the development/environment trade-off.
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Thekeyassumptionis that the representative household makes its decision on bond and money holdings before the realization of the shock.
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Thekeyassumptionof this level of analysis is that the decision makers' beliefs and perceptions may explain idiosyncratic developments rather than patterns.
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I believe, moreover, that thekeyassumptionof the model is unlikely to be true.
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Empirically thiskeyassumptionseems to hold quite well, for three reasons.
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