All postulate synonyms
posΒ·tuΒ·late
P p verb postulate
- come to β When someone who is unconscious comes to, they recover consciousness.
- enunciate β Say or pronounce clearly.
- dunned β to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
- hit on β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- hypothesise β to form a hypothesis.
- hypothesize β to form a hypothesis.
- hit up β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- go out on a limb β say sth daring
- dare say β to think likely; suppose
- lap up β (of water) to wash against or beat upon (something) with a light, slapping or splashing sound: Waves lapped the shoreline.
- dunning β to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
- come on to β When you come on to a particular topic, you start discussing it.
- impetrate β to obtain by entreaty.
- demand β If one thing demands another, the first needs the second in order to happen or be dealt with successfully.
- claim β If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
- lay claim to β to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.
- look for β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- call upon β to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
- hawked β a noisy effort to clear the throat.
- exact β Not approximated in any way; precise.
- necessitate β to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
- lay down β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- bummed β depressed, upset, distressed, annoyed, etc.
- dun β to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
- believe β If you believe that something is true, you think that it is true, but you are not sure.
- assume β If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly.
- guesstimated β Simple past tense and past participle of guesstimate.
- lump it β accept sth unpleasant
- call β a demand for redeemable bonds or shares to be presented for repayment
- counterclaim β a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
- lean on β to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
- generalise β to infer (a general principle, trend, etc.) from particular facts, statistics, or the like.
- hawking β to make an effort to raise phlegm from the throat; clear the throat noisily.
noun postulate
- guess β to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully: to guess a person's weight.
- axiom β An axiom is a statement or idea which people accept as being true.
- codification β the systematic organization of methods, rules, etc
- qualification β a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
- condition β If you talk about the condition of a person or thing, you are talking about the state that they are in, especially how good or bad their physical state is.
- guesstimate β to estimate without substantial basis in facts or statistics.
- basis β If something is done on a particular basis, it is done according to that method, system, or principle.
- belief β Belief is a feeling of certainty that something exists, is true, or is good.
- hypothesis β a proposition, or set of propositions, set forth as an explanation for the occurrence of some specified group of phenomena, either asserted merely as a provisional conjecture to guide investigation (working hypothesis) or accepted as highly probable in the light of established facts.
- apriorism β the philosophical doctrine that there may be genuine knowledge independent of experience
- guesswork β work or procedure based on or consisting of the making of guesses or conjectures.
- generalisation β The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
- apriority β the quality or fact of being a priori
- assumption β 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.
- opinion β a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty.
- generalization β the act or process of generalizing.