automatic assumption

collocation in English

meaningsofautomaticandassumption

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automatic
adjective
uk
/ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪk/us
/ˌɑː.t̬əˈmæt̬.ɪk/
An automatic machine or device is able to operate independently of ...
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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 ofautomaticandassumptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I will address the oftenautomaticassumption, that determinism means necessarily a lack of freedom and, most importantly, for the law, the absence of responsibility.
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They draw a properly cautious conclusion which is that it is inadvisable to make anautomaticassumption that findings will necessarily vary according to setting.
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The idea that one can make anautomaticassumptionof guilt or innocence and deal with it by an automatic system of fines is invalid.
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Finally, one comes to the question of greater profitability which is now being promulgated as anautomaticassumption.
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Theautomaticassumptionin subsection (3) will apply.
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In the past there has been an almostautomaticassumptionthat religions are beneficial to the public.
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That is theirautomaticassumption, and all their exercises are carried out with full chemical and bacteriological preparation.
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That damage to theautomaticassumptionof integrity in the local government financial system has been severely imperilled.
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It is not accurate to say that, in matters of property ownership, anautomaticassumptionis made after 28 years that title cannot be re-established.
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I think there should not be anautomaticassumptionfor that.
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I stress that the review is not founded on anautomaticassumptionabout cutting public expenditure on roads.
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It is not, however, anautomaticassumptionthat a fresh entry clearance will not be granted.
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Theirautomaticassumptionis that the police are coming to see them because they can help the police with their inquiries.
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I do not have clause 11 in front of me, but certain offences, such as money laundering and drug trafficking, attract anautomaticassumption.
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In addition, the new system ends the presentautomaticassumptionthat the more an authority spends the more it pre-empts for itself at the expense of more cost-conscious authorities.
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We are determined to recycle urban land and to end theautomaticassumptionthat green field site development is the only way to cater for growth.
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Up to now there has been an almostautomaticassumptionthat the amount of research will increasepari passuwith increases in university student numbers.
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He wanted to end the presentautomaticassumptionthat the more an authority spends, the more it pre-empts for itself at the expense of more cost-conscious authorities.
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But we regret most of all the wide andautomaticassumptionthat an area is an area of special need purely because of the presence of immigrants.
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Therefore, we are free from theautomaticassumptionthat a scheduled offence not certified out on the present rule automatically and for ever must be tried without a jury.
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