Postulate - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈpɑːstʃəleɪt|  American pronunciation of the word postulate
Brit.  |ˈpɒstjʊleɪt|  British pronunciation of the word postulate

noun

- (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning (syn: posit)

verb

- maintain or assert (syn: contend)
- take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom (syn: posit)
- require as useful, just, or proper (syn: ask, demand, involve, necessitate, need, require, take)
This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent

Extra examples

Scientists have postulated the existence of water on the planet.

...postulates that all people are born with certain rights that can never be taken away from them...

Einstein's theory of relativity was deduced from two postulates.

...one of the postulates that the true agnostic rejects is the assumption that it is even possible for us to know whether God exists...

It has been postulated that the condition is inherited.

This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: postulate
he/she/it: postulates
present participle: postulating
past tense: postulated
past participle: postulated
noun
singular: postulate
plural: postulates
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