Usually means: Assumption made without sufficient evidence.
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We found 40 dictionaries that define the word presumption:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. presumption: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. presumption: Merriam-Webster
  3. presumption: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. presumption: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. presumption: Collins English Dictionary
  6. presumption: Vocabulary.com
  7. Presumption, presumption: Wordnik
  8. presumption: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. presumption: Wiktionary
  10. presumption: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. presumption: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. presumption: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. presumption: Dictionary.com
  14. presumption: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. presumption: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Presumption (canon law), Presumption: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Presumption: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. presumption: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. presumption: Rhymezone
  20. Presumption: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. presumption: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. presumption: FreeDictionary.org
  23. presumption: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. presumption: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. presumption: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. presumption: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. presumption: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  7. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  8. Presumption (law), presumption: Legal dictionary
  9. Presumption (law): Financial dictionary
  10. Glossary of Labor & Legal Terminology (No longer online)
  11. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. presumption: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. presumption: Medical dictionary

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Presumption: Catholic Encyclopedia

(Note: See presumptions as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The act of presuming, or something presumed.
noun:  The belief of something based upon reasonable evidence, or upon something known to be true.
noun:  The condition upon which something is presumed.
noun:  (dated) Arrogant behaviour; the act of venturing beyond due bounds of reverence or respect.
noun:  (law) An inference that a trier of fact is either permitted or required to draw under certain factual circumstances (as prescribed by statute or case law) unless the party against whom the inference is drawn is able to rebut it with admissible, competent evidence.

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