posit
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
posit (plural posits)
- Something that is posited; a postulate.
- (aviation) Abbreviation of position#English|position.
posit (posits, present participle positing; past and past participle posited)
- Assume the existence of; to postulate.
- 1908: ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross., Book 1, Part 5.
- some who posit both this cause and besides this the source of movement, which we have got from some as single and from other as twofold.
- 1908: ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross., Book 1, Part 5.
- Propose for consideration or study; to suggest.
- Put (something somewhere) firmly; to place or position.
- French: postuler
- German: postulieren
- Italian: sostenere, ipotizzare
- Portuguese: postular
- Russian: постулировать
- Spanish: postular
- French: postuler, avancer, énoncer set forth
- German: postulieren, aufstellen theory
- Portuguese: propor
- Russian: предлага́ть
- Spanish: proponer
- Russian: ста́вить
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