| VERB | contact | posit, situate, fix, deposit | put (something somewhere) firmly |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | posit, submit, state, put forward | put before | |
| cognition | posit, postulate | take as a given | |
| NOUN | communication | posit, postulate | (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning |
| Sounds | paa'zaht | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht... | |
| Meaning | (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning. | |
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| Synonym | postulate | |
| Category | logic | The branch of philosophy that analyzes inference |
| Narrower | Bayes' postulate | (statistics) the difficulty of applying Bayes' theorem is that the probabilities of the different causes are seldom known, in which case it may be postulated that they are all equal (sometimes known as postulating the equidistribution of ignorance) |
| premise, premiss, assumption | A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn | |
| Broader | proposition | (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false |
| Spanish | postulado | |
| Catalan | postulat | |
| Verbs | posit | take as a given |
| Meaning | put (something somewhere) firmly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
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| Synonyms | situate, fix, deposit | |
| Narrower | bury | place in the earth and cover with soil |
| sediment | Deposit as a sediment | |
| Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay | Put into a certain place or abstract location |
| Spanish | depositar, situar, ubicar | |
| Catalan | depositar, situar-se, situar, ubicar | |
| Nouns | position | the act of putting something in a certain place |
| Meaning | put before. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Synonyms | submit, state, put forward | |
| Broader | propose, suggest, advise | make a proposal, declare a plan for something |
| Spanish | afirmar, decir, declarar, exponer, presentar, proponer | |
| Catalan | afirmar, declarar, dir, exposar, presentar, proposar | |
| Meaning | Take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Example | "He posited three basic laws of nature" | |
| Synonym | postulate | |
| Narrower | insist, assert | assert to be true |
| Broader | presuppose, suppose | take for granted or as a given |
| Spanish | postular | |
| Catalan | postular | |
| Nouns | posit | (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning |
| position | the act of positing | |
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