Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with assumption in American Collocation
assumption
noun
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
basic
This book challenges basic assumptions about road travel and calls on the government to step in before it is too late.
false
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
Is this a reasonable assumption for me to make, do you think?
not examined
This presentation challenged many of our often unspoken assumptions regarding the subject.
make an assumption
Probably the most important assumptions made in the projections are about future levels of migration.
question an assumption
There is plenty of scope for challenging long-held beliefs and questioning assumptions about the right way to do things.
not accept an assumption
Even if we reject this assumption, he is right that there are two clear ways to explain the phenomena.