Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose in relation to other objects.
- 2transitive verb
To assume as real or conceded; as, to posit a principle.
- 3noun
(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
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- 4verb
take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
"He posited three basic laws of nature"
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- 5verb
put before
"I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
- 6verb
put (something somewhere) firmly
"She posited her hand on his shoulder"
"deposit the suitcase on the bench"
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