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Common collocations with assumption in American Collocation

assumption noun

US /əˈsʌmpʃ(ə)n/

basic

basic
fundamental

This book challenges basic assumptions about road travel and calls on the government to step in before it is too late.

false

erroneous
false
faulty
incorrect
mistaken
questionable

Policy has often been based on the false assumption that adults learn foreign languages in the same way that a child learns its native tongue.

reasonable

reasonable

Is this a reasonable assumption for me to make, do you think?

not examined

implicit
tacit
unexamined
unquestioned
unspoken
unstated

This presentation challenged many of our often unspoken assumptions regarding the subject.

make an assumption

make

Probably the most important assumptions made in the projections are about future levels of migration.

question an assumption

challenge
examine
question
test

There is plenty of scope for challenging long-held beliefs and questioning assumptions about the right way to do things.

not accept an assumption

contradict
reject

Even if we reject this assumption, he is right that there are two clear ways to explain the phenomena.