assumption laying claim | the act of taking possession of or power over something, his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba, the Nazi assumption of power in , he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts |
assumption | the act of assuming or taking for granted, your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted |
workload work load | work that a person is expected to do in a specified time |
case load | the number of cases handled in a given period of time (as by a court or agency) |
loading | the labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc., the loading took hours |
load-shedding | cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply |
cargo lading freight load loading payload shipment consignment | goods carried by a large vehicle |
dead load | a constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself |
dock loading dock | a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded |
live load superload | a variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic |
load loading burden | weight to be borne or conveyed |
load | electrical device to which electrical power is delivered |
warhead payload load | the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents |
presumption presumptuousness effrontery assumption | audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to, he despised them for their presumptuousness |
burden load encumbrance incumbrance onus | an onerous or difficult concern, the burden of responsibility, that's a load off my mind |
assumption supposition supposal | a hypothesis that is taken for granted, any society is built upon certain assumptions |
basic assumption constatation self-evident truth | an assumption that is basic to an argument |
assumed name fictitious name Doing Business As DBA | (law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of incorporation |
alias assumed name false name | a name that has been assumed temporarily |
premise premiss assumption | a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn, on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play |
Assumption | (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended |
carbohydrate loading carbo loading | a diet of foods high in starch that increases carbohydrate reserves in muscles, carbo loading is used by endurance athletes just before competing |
loading zone loading area | a stop where carriers can be loaded and unloaded |
load line Plimsoll line Plimsoll mark Plimsoll | waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded |
lode load | a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks |
load | the power output of a generator or power plant |
load | an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate, he got a load on and started a brawl |
load loading | a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time, the system broke down under excessive loads |
f tons dozens heaps lots piles scores stacks loads rafts slews wads oodles gobs scads lashings | a large number or amount, made lots of new friends, she amassed stacks of newspapers |
load factor | (aeronautics) the ratio of an external load to the weight of the aircraft (measured in g) |
loading | the ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to some factor determining its lift |
power loading | the ratio of the weight of an airplane to its engine power |
span loading | the ratio of the weight of an airplane to its wingspan |
wing loading | the ratio of the weight of an airplane to its wing area |
Assumption Assumption of Mary August | celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended, corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church |
load adulterate stretch f dilute debase | corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance, often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones, adulterate liquor |
pack load down | load with a pack |
load lade laden load up | fill or place a load on, load a car, load the truck with hay |
load charge | provide (a device) with something necessary, He loaded his gun carefully, load the camera |
load | put (something) on a structure or conveyance, load the bags onto the trucks |
take a look have a look get a load | look at with attention, Have a look at this!, Get a load of this pretty woman! |
load c | transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory |
autoloading(a) self-loading semiautomatic | (of firearms) capable of automatic loading and firing continuously, an autoloading rifle |
load-bearing(a) supporting(a) | capable of bearing a structural load, a supporting wall |
assumed false fictitious fictive pretended put on sham | adopted in order to deceive, an assumed name, an assumed cheerfulness, a fictitious address, fictive sympathy, a pretended interest, a put-on childish voice, sham modesty |
breech-loading | (of guns) designed to be loaded at the breech |
muzzle-loading | (of firearms) taking the projectile or cartridge through the muzzle |