Assumption

Assumption, in Christianity, refers to the Assumption of Mary, a belief in the taking up of the Virgin Mary into heaven.

Assumption may also refer to:

Places

 * Assumption, Alberta, Canada
 * Assumption, Illinois, United States
 * Assumption Township, Christian County, Illinois
 * Assumption Island, Seychelles
 * Assumption Island Airport
 * Assumption, Minnesota, United States
 * Assumption, Nebraska, United States
 * Assumption, Ohio, United States
 * Assumption Parish, Louisiana, United States

Arts, entertainment, and media

 * "Assumption" (short story), a 1929 story by Samuel Beckett
 * Assumption of Moses, a Jewish apocryphal pseudepigraphical work of uncertain date and authorship

Churches

 * Assumption Chapel, Minnesota, United States
 * Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Michigan, United States
 * Assumption – St. Paul, New York, United States
 * Cathedral of the Assumption (disambiguation)
 * Church of the Assumption (disambiguation)

Logic

 * Closed-world assumption, the presumption that a statement that is true is also known to be true, and a statement not known to be true is false
 * Open-world assumption, assumption that the truth value of a statement may be true irrespective of whether or not it is known to be true
 * Tacit assumption, belief applied in developing a logical argument or decision that is not explicitly voiced nor necessarily understood by the decision maker
 * Presupposition, a tacit assumption about the world or background belief relating to an utterance
 * Unique name assumption, in logics where different names always refer to different entities in the world
 * Responsibility assumption

Australia

 * Assumption College, Kilmore, Victoria
 * Assumption College, Warwick, Queensland

Canada

 * Assumption Catholic Secondary School, Burlington, Ontario
 * Assumption College School, Windsor, Ontario
 * Assumption College School (Brantford), Ontario
 * Assumption University (Windsor, Ontario)

India

 * Assumption College, Changanasserry, Kerala

Japan

 * Assumption Junior College, Osaka Prefecture

Philippines

 * Assumption Antipolo
 * Assumption College of Davao, Davao City
 * Assumption College San Lorenzo, Makati City
 * Assumption Iloilo, Iloilo City
 * University of the Assumption, Pampanga

Singapore

 * Assumption English School

Thailand

 * Assumption College Sriracha, Chonburi Province
 * Assumption College (Thailand)
 * Assumption University (Thailand), Bangkok

UK (Northern Ireland)

 * Assumption Grammar School, Ballynahinch, County Down, Northern Ireland

United States

 * Academy of the Assumption, Florida
 * Assumption Catholic School, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston
 * Assumption College, Massachusetts
 * Assumption College for Sisters, New Jersey
 * Assumption High School (Iowa)
 * Assumption High School (Kentucky)
 * Assumption High School (Louisiana)
 * Assumption High School (Wisconsin)
 * Assumption Preparatory School, Massachusetts
 * Assumption School, Illinois
 * Assumption School (Saint Paul, Minnesota)