basic assumption
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbasicandassumption
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basic
adjective
uk/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/us/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/
simple and not complicated, so able to provide the base or starting point from which something ...
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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 ofbasicandassumptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofbasic assumption
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Itsbasicassumptionis that one can treat the aggregate data as the outcome of the decisions of a single "representative" consumer.
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It was left to constructivists to query thatbasicassumption.
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Thebasicassumptionwas that the sensitivity to naturally occurring environmental factors was the principal regulatory principle.
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Considering this, it is questionable to apply thebasicassumptionof the received theories, the firm as the unit of analysis, to our subjects.
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Yet practitioners often encounter restrictive practice guidelines promulgated by managed care entities that run counter to thisbasicassumption.
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Thebasicassumptionin the analysis reported in this section is that the inner and outer drops remain nearly spherical.
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Mybasicassumptionis that -er forms, like noun+noun compounds such as doghouse, are best viewed as abbreviated noun phrases.
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This means that both an expansion and a shock are reflected, and this circumstance is not covered by thebasicassumption.
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It is unrealistic, therefore, to assume the independence of errors, which is abasicassumptionof classical analyses.
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Unfortunately, there are three important issues that limit the viability of thisbasicassumption.
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Abasicassumptionis that participants possess an expertise in relationships that is based on a lifetime of experience.
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However, they are based on the samebasicassumptionthat the incomplete attribute values exist but are not known.
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Thebasicassumptionof this approach is that words related to the same topic are semantically close to each other.
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Itsbasicassumptionwas that the world consists of facts, and knowledge of the world in ideas and propositions representing these facts.
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Thebasicassumptionbehind the ritual, of course, was that justice was immanent in nature and in the human body.
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Thebasicassumptionis also applicable up to the point where the irregular refraction point forms.
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What is the source of thisbasicassumption?
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And though early access to word meaning may very well drive eye movements, this violates abasicassumptionof their model.
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They are rather derived in turn from a morebasicassumption(see 3).
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Thebasicassumptionhere is that everybody prefers not to know about troubles, if possible, let alone to wish for them.
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