postulate
postulate is a 9-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to which assent may be demanded or challenged, without argument or evidence. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to which assent may be demanded or challenged, without argument or evidence.
- noun. The enunciation of a self-evident problem, in distinction from an axiom, which is the enunciation of a self-evident theorem.
- adjective. Postulated.
- transitive verb. To beg, or assume without proof; as, to postulate conclusions.
- transitive verb. To take without express consent; to assume.
- transitive verb. To invite earnestly; to solicit.
- noun. (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
- verb. take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
"He posited three basic laws of nature"
- verb. maintain or assert
"He contended that Communism had no future"
- verb. require as useful, just, or proper
"It takes nerve to do what she did"
"success usually requires hard work"
Synonyms
posit, contend, ask, demand, involve, necessitate, need, require, take
Common word forms
postulated, postulates, postulating
Words from these letters
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