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posit
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun posit has 1 sense
- posit(n = noun.communication) postulate - (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning; Array has particulars: bayes' postulate, assumption, premise, premiss
is a kind of proposition
Derived form verb posit3
Verb posit has 3 senses
- posit(v = verb.contact) deposit, fix, situate - put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot" is one way to lay, place, pose, position, put, set
- posit(v = verb.communication) put forward, state, submit - put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty" is one way to advise, propose, suggest
- posit(v = verb.cognition) postulate - take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; "He posited three basic laws of nature" is one way to presuppose, suppose
Derived form noun position10
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Derived forms noun posit1, noun position16
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
CIDE DICTIONARY
posit, v. t. [L. ponere, positum, to place. See Position.].
- To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose in relation to other objects. Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
- To assume as real or conceded; as, to posit a principle. Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
posit, v. & n.
--v.tr. (posited, positing)
1 assume as a fact, postulate.
2 put in place or position.
--n. Philos. a statement which is made on the assumption that it will prove valid.
--v.tr. (posited, positing)
1 assume as a fact, postulate.
2 put in place or position.
--n. Philos. a statement which is made on the assumption that it will prove valid.
Etymology
L ponere posit- place
THESAURUS
posit
advance, apriorism, assert, assume, hypothesize, lay, lay down, offer, park, place, pose, post, postulate, postulation, predicate, premise, presume, presumption, presupposition, propose, propound, put, put forth, put forward, seat, set, set forth, station, stick, submit, supposition, thesis
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