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posit 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈpäzit/,
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posits, 3rd person singular present; positing, present participle; posited, past tense; posited, past participle;
  1. Assume as a fact; put forward as a basis of argument
    • - the Confucian view posits a perfectible human nature
    • - he posited that the world economy is a system with its own particular equilibrium
  2. Base something on the truth of (a particular assumption)
    • - these plots are posited on a false premise about women's nature as inferior
  3. Put in position; place
    • - the professor posits Cohen in his second category of poets
Noun
  1. A statement that is made on the assumption that it will prove to be true

  1. postulate: (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
  2. situate: put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"
  3. submit: put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
  4. postulate: take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; "He posited three basic laws of nature"
  5. Something that is posited; a postulate; Abbreviation of position; Assume the existence of; to postulate; Propose for consideration or study; to suggest; Put (something somewhere) firmly
  6. (Posited) The position actually occupied by a body, in the heavens or in the signs and houses of a geocentric map.
  7. (Posited) Situated, placed, or located, as in a sign or house.
  8. Request for position; response normally in terms of a geographic landmark, or off a common reference point.
  9. to assume as real or conceded; propose as an explanation