"posit" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɒzɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɑzɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-posit.wav [Southern-England] Forms: posits [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒzɪt Etymology: Borrowed from Latin positus, perfect participle of pōnō (“put, place”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*tḱey-}}, {{bor|en|la|positus}} Latin positus, {{m|la|pōnō||put, place}} pōnō (“put, place”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} posit (plural posits)
  1. Something that is posited; a postulate. Translations (postulate): постулат (postulat) [masculine] (Bulgarian), postulat [masculine] (Catalan), postulaat [neuter] (Dutch), postulat [masculine] (French), Postulat [neuter] (German), postulado [masculine] (Portuguese), постула́т (postulát) [masculine] (Russian), postulado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-posit-en-noun-j9CGh4RZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 35 6 5 8 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 46 34 6 5 8 Disambiguation of 'postulate': 93 7
  2. (aviation) Abbreviation of position. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: position Categories (topical): Aviation
    Sense id: en-posit-en-noun-Tpbc4jPY Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɒzɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɑzɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-posit.wav [Southern-England] Forms: posits [present, singular, third-person], positing [participle, present], posited [participle, past], posited [past]
Rhymes: -ɒzɪt Etymology: Borrowed from Latin positus, perfect participle of pōnō (“put, place”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*tḱey-}}, {{bor|en|la|positus}} Latin positus, {{m|la|pōnō||put, place}} pōnō (“put, place”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} posit (third-person singular simple present posits, present participle positing, simple past and past participle posited)
  1. To assume the existence of; to postulate. Translations (to postulate): постулирам (postuliram) (Bulgarian), předpokládat (Czech), postulovat (Czech), olettaa (Finnish), postuler (French), postulieren (German), feltesz (Hungarian), posztulál (Hungarian), sostenere (Italian), ipotizzare (Italian), postular (Portuguese), постулировать (postulirovatʹ) (Russian), postular (Spanish), postulera (Swedish), förutsätta (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-posit-en-verb-SDCyMYGf Disambiguation of 'to postulate': 95 2 3
  2. To propose for consideration or study; to suggest. Translations (to suggest): ehdottaa (Finnish), esittää (Finnish), postuler (French), avancer (French), énoncer (english: set forth) (French), postulieren (German), aufstellen (english: theory) (German), propor (Portuguese), предлага́ть (predlagátʹ) (Russian), ста́вить (stávitʹ) (alt: вопро́с m (voprós)) (Russian), proponer (Spanish), anta (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-posit-en-verb-su4hUWIJ Disambiguation of 'to suggest': 2 96 2
  3. To put (something somewhere) firmly; to place or position. Translations (to put firmly): поставям (postavjam) (Bulgarian), umístit [perfective] (Czech), asettaa (Finnish), rögzít (Hungarian), elhelyez (Hungarian), ста́вить (stávitʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-posit-en-verb-DjL2dRUl Disambiguation of 'to put firmly': 2 3 95

Inflected forms

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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "postulat",
      "sense": "postulate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "постулат"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "postulate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "postulat"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "postulate",
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      ],
      "word": "postulaat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "postulate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "postulat"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "postulate",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Postulat"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "postulate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "postulado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "postulát",
      "sense": "postulate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "постула́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "postulate",
      "word": "postulado"
    }
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}

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      "roman": "postuliram",
      "sense": "to postulate",
      "word": "постулирам"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to postulate",
      "word": "předpokládat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to postulate",
      "word": "postulovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to postulate",
      "word": "olettaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to postulate",
      "word": "postuler"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to postulate",
      "word": "postulieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to postulate",
      "word": "feltesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to postulate",
      "word": "posztulál"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to postulate",
      "word": "sostenere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to postulate",
      "word": "ipotizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to postulate",
      "word": "postular"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "postulirovatʹ",
      "sense": "to postulate",
      "word": "постулировать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to postulate",
      "word": "postular"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to postulate",
      "word": "postulera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to postulate",
      "word": "förutsätta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to suggest",
      "word": "ehdottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to suggest",
      "word": "esittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to suggest",
      "word": "postuler"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to suggest",
      "word": "avancer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "english": "set forth",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to suggest",
      "word": "énoncer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to suggest",
      "word": "postulieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "theory",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to suggest",
      "word": "aufstellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to suggest",
      "word": "propor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predlagátʹ",
      "sense": "to suggest",
      "word": "предлага́ть"
    },
    {
      "alt": "вопро́с m (voprós)",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stávitʹ",
      "sense": "to suggest",
      "word": "ста́вить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to suggest",
      "word": "proponer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to suggest",
      "word": "anta"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "postavjam",
      "sense": "to put firmly",
      "word": "поставям"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to put firmly",
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      "word": "umístit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to put firmly",
      "word": "asettaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to put firmly",
      "word": "rögzít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to put firmly",
      "word": "elhelyez"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stávitʹ",
      "sense": "to put firmly",
      "word": "ста́вить"
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}

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