certain assumption
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcertainandassumption
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certain
adjective
uk/ˈsɜː.tən/us/ˈsɝː.tən/
having no doubt or knowing exactly that something is true, or known to be true, correct, exact, ...
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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 ofcertainandassumptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, any claim to explain social change is dependent upon acceptingcertainassumptionthat many would question.
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It must be calculated upon acertainassumptionabout consumption.
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In welcoming it, he drew acertainassumption.
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There has been, perhaps, acertainassumptionthat the small man, the non-capitalist man, has got to go.
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I wish also to make acertainassumption.
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The only reasonablycertainassumptionbeing that it will not last 14 years.
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Acertainassumptionmust have been made.
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If one considers the wording between line 22 and line 28 one finds that if any part is missing acertainassumptionis to be made.
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All this unity (sensation concept or category emotion focusing of thought into an impression) leads to the formation of acertainassumptionor belief ("hypolepsis").
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They might, in addition, make certain assumptions about my social background, my religion, perhaps even my educational background and my age.
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They maintained certain assumptions that sustained the narrative of difference and that legitimised their (continued) involvement.
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Existing approaches range from theorem-proving methods to voting and bidding mechanisms each being applicable under certain assumptions.
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But the restriction may also reflect certain assumptions which, although they may be mistaken, do not seem arbitrary.
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With certain assumptions, these macroscopic variables may be calculated from microscopic variables; however, such calculations require verification with macroscopic experiments.
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The sampling of older people from minority ethnic backgrounds is often underlain by certain assumptions that need to be made explicit.
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For them, the optimality of behavior is only a theorem that may be demonstrated under certain assumptions.
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But they examine the implications of certain assumptions that can then be used to understand natural systems.
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In making such interpretations, however, archaeologists make certain assumptions, often unverifiable, about the nature and significance of their data.
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In order to examine this possibility we need to spell out certain assumptions.
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