Assumption and Cause

Assumption

Assumption noun - Something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning.

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Cause and assumption are semantically related in reason topic. In some cases you can use "Cause" instead a noun "Assumption".

Nearby Words: assume, assumed, assumptive

Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.

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Assumption and cause are semantically related in reason topic. Sometimes you can use "Assumption" instead a noun "Cause".

Nearby Words: caused, causation, causeless, causative, causal

good	good assumption	good cause
usual	usual assumption	usual cause
common	common assumption	common cause
natural	natural assumption	natural cause
Other adjectives: original, initial, valid, likely, obvious, big, bad, false, major, immediate, frequent, apparent, realistic, underlying.

Pintsized Powerhouse: Bianca was under the assumption your cute little starters would be too weak to cause much damage from having a Pokémon battle in your bedroom.

Source: Video Game / Pokémon Black and White
Curiously, neither of them seems to know what it actually is, and are just massacring each other on the assumption it is important to their cause.

Source: Video Game / Assassin's Creed Chronicles
Also in the series, Harry has encountered an Angel of Death who Knows Harry's True Name and when he believes her to be the cause of a person's death, she politely but firmly corrects his assumption.

Source: Our Angels Are Different

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