safe assumption
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsafeandassumption
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safe
adjective
uk/seɪf/us/seɪf/
not in danger or likely to ...
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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 ofsafeandassumptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsafe assumption
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But this is not asafeassumption.
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I think that will be quite asafeassumption.
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The committee's answer is quite unequivocal: for planning purposes the onlysafeassumptionto make is, yes, there will be one.
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One wonders whether that is asafeassumption.
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It is a fairlysafeassumptionthat within the profits for 1977 manufacturing accounts for a reasonable part.
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Whatever the amount of oil we shall get, it is asafeassumptionthat we shall have to pay a substantially higher price for it.
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I do not believe that that is a verysafeassumptionto make, particularly in the light of changing circumstances.
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I do not think that that is asafeassumption.
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There are 12 regions, and it is asafeassumptionto say that there are 100,000 pairs of rubber boots languishing in stores.
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However, it is asafeassumptionthat available resources will never outstrip demand.
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The onlysafeassumptionthat we can make is that within a maximum of 12 months we shall have to deal with our import-export balance ourselves.
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It is asafeassumptionand a very important assumption too, in my view, that almost every halfpenny of the co-operative dividend is immediately spent again with the cooperative society.
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If you attract the best players to be involved within your study, it is asafeassumptionto say that others will follow.
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Of course, only the magnitude is actually known, the size is inferred assuming albedo (not asafeassumptionfor larger objects).
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