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assunzione

hiring, recruitment

noun ahs-soon-TSYOH-neh Rare
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Origin: Latin assumptio, 'a taking up'

Also means

intake, consumption

Usage Note

Assunzione covers two distinct domains: in employment it means the hiring of a worker (contratto di assunzione, employment contract), and in medicine or pharmacology it means the intake or ingestion of a substance (assunzione di farmaci, medication intake). The religious sense — the Assumption of the Virgin — also uses this word (l'Assunzione di Maria).

Examples

"L'assunzione di nuovi dipendenti inizierà a gennaio."

Natural Translation

The hiring of new employees will begin in January.

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