POSTULATE
\pˈɒst͡ʃʊlˌe͡ɪt], \pˈɒstʃʊlˌeɪt], \p_ˈɒ_s_tʃ_ʊ_l_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of POSTULATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
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take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; "He posited three basic laws of nature"
By Princeton University
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(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
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take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; "He posited three basic laws of nature"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to which assent may be demanded or challenged, without argument or evidence.
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The enunciation of a self-evident problem, in distinction from an axiom, which is the enunciation of a self-evident theorem.
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To beg, or assume without proof; as, to postulate conclusions.
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To take without express consent; to assume.
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To invite earnestly; to solicit.
By Oddity Software
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To assume without proof.
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A selfevident statement which may be taken for granted; something assumed in order to account for something else.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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To assume without proof: to take without positive consent.
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A position assumed as self-evident: (geom.) a self-evident problem.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A position assumed without proof; an assumption underlying an argument; a self-evident problem.
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To assume without proof; to solicit; to assume.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Something to be assumed or taken for granted; in logic or phil., a proposition whose truth is assumed as a foundation for further reasoning; in geom., a self-evident problem.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. A position or supposition assumed without proof ;-an assumption of something possible, probable, or conceivable; - the enunciation of a self-evident problem.
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