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- [verb pos-chuh-leyt; noun pos-chuh-lit, -leyt]
- /verb ˈpɒs tʃəˌleɪt; noun ˈpɒs tʃə lɪt, -ˌleɪt/
- /ˈpɒs.tjʊ.leɪt/
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- [verb pos-chuh-leyt; noun pos-chuh-lit, -leyt]
- /verb ˈpɒs tʃəˌleɪt; noun ˈpɒs tʃə lɪt, -ˌleɪt/
Definitions of postulate word
- verb with object postulate to ask, demand, or claim. 1
- verb with object postulate to claim or assume the existence or truth of, especially as a basis for reasoning or arguing. 1
- verb with object postulate to assume without proof, or as self-evident; take for granted. 1
- verb with object postulate Mathematics, Logic. to assume as a postulate. 1
- noun postulate something taken as self-evident or assumed without proof as a basis for reasoning. 1
- noun postulate Mathematics, Logic. a proposition that requires no proof, being self-evident, or that is for a specific purpose assumed true, and that is used in the proof of other propositions; axiom. 1
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Origin of postulate
First appearance:
before 1525 One of the 28% oldest English words
1525-35; < Latin postulātum petition, thing requested, noun use of neuter of past participle of postulāre to request, demand, akin to pōscere to request
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Parts of speech for Postulate
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postulate popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
postulate usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for postulate
noun postulate
- apriorism — the philosophical doctrine that there may be genuine knowledge independent of experience
- apriority — the quality or fact of being a priori
- assumption — If you make an assumption that something is true or will happen, you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real proof.
- axiom — An axiom is a statement or idea which people accept as being true.
- basis — If something is done on a particular basis, it is done according to that method, system, or principle.
verb postulate
- assume — If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly.
- believe — If you believe that something is true, you think that it is true, but you are not sure.
- bummed — depressed, upset, distressed, annoyed, etc.
- bumming — a person who avoids work and sponges on others; loafer; idler.
- call — a demand for redeemable bonds or shares to be presented for repayment
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