posit

posit is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose in relation to other objects. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose in relation to other objects.
2. transitive verb. To assume as real or conceded; as, to posit a principle.
3. noun. (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

   Synonyms: postulate

4. verb. take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom

   "He posited three basic laws of nature"

   Synonyms: postulate

5. verb. put before

   "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"

   Synonyms: state, submit

6. verb. put (something somewhere) firmly

   "She posited her hand on his shoulder"

   "deposit the suitcase on the bench"

   Synonyms: deposit, fix, situate

Synonyms

postulate, state, submit, deposit, fix, situate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in posit:

stipo, topis

Common word forms

posits, posited, positing

Words from these letters

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