ALL meanings of postulate
pos·tu·late
P p - transitive verb postulate put forward, propose 1
- 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
- noun postulate a fundamental principle. 1
- noun postulate a necessary condition; prerequisite. 1
- verb postulate If you postulate something, you suggest it as the basis for a theory, argument, or calculation, or assume that it is the basis. 0
- countable noun postulate A postulate is an idea that is suggested as or assumed to be the basis for a theory, argument, or calculation. 0
- verb postulate to assume to be true or existent; take for granted 0
- verb postulate to ask, demand, or claim 0
- verb postulate to nominate (a person) to a post or office subject to approval by a higher authority 0
- noun postulate something taken as self-evident or assumed as the basis of an argument 0
- noun postulate a necessary condition or prerequisite 0
- noun postulate a fundamental principle 0
- noun postulate an unproved and indemonstrable statement that should be taken for granted: used as an initial premise or underlying hypothesis in a process of reasoning 0
- verb transitive postulate to claim; demand; require 0
- verb transitive postulate to assume without proof to be true, real, or necessary, esp. as a basis for argument 0
- verb transitive postulate to take as self-evident; assume 0
- noun postulate something postulated; assumption or axiom 0
- noun postulate a prerequisite 0
- noun postulate a basic principle 0