Meaning

3 senses

  1. To assume the existence of; to postulate.

    postulieren

    постулироватьpostulirovatʹ

    take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom

  2. To propose for consideration or study; to suggest.

    postulieren, aufstellen

    предлага́тьpredlagátʹ, ста́витьstávitʹ

  3. To put (something somewhere) firmly; to place or position.

    ста́витьstávitʹ

    put (something somewhere) firmly

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Let us begin our analysis by positing the following question.

    deBeginnen wir unsere Analyse, indem wir uns die folgende Frage stellen.

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  2. I will posit a guess: the person who ate my sandwich was once again Bob.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to postulate:
to suggest:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to postulate:
to suggest:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin positus, perfect participle of pōnō (“put, place”). Noun sense 3 (type

Borrowed from Latin positus, perfect participle of pōnō (“put, place”). Noun sense 3 (type of number format) was coined by American computer scientist and businessman John Gustafson in 2017.

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Forms

posits, positing, posited, posited
Base formposit · to posit
3rd person singularposits
Present participlepositing
Past simpleposited
Past participleposited

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyposit
he, she, itposits

Past simpleLesson

all personsposited

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave posited
he, she, ithas posited

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill posit

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words
Relatedposition
Derivedpositerprepositorsuperpositunposited

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
poshB2positionA2positiveB1
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