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单词 posit
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posit
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To posit something is to assume or suggest that it is true. You can posit an idea or opinion.
When you posit, you submit an idea or give an opinion. Scientists posit many ideas — called hypotheses — that they then try to prove or disprove through experimentation and research. In science, you hear about positing a lot, and the same is true in math and logic. When you say "If X, then Y" you're positing a proposition. Positing can also mean to put something somewhere firmly — this means to deposit, fix, or situate.
WORD FAMILY
posit: posited, positing, posits
USAGE EXAMPLES
It was during her autobiographical one-woman stage show, “Wishful Drinking,” that she first posited the idea for “Bipolar Pride Day.”
New York Times(Dec 27, 2016)
World Tour, Napier-Bell’s posited, would prove that the Communist Party welcomed visitors and help to lure foreign investment.
Time(Dec 26, 2016)
Perhaps the solution is glaringly obvious: In “Abominable Bride,” Watson posits his own theory for how the woman and Moriarty got away with their suicide.
Time(Dec 25, 2016)
1v take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
He posited three basic laws of nature
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
postulate
assert, insist
assert to be true
presuppose, suppose
take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand
2v put before
Syn|Hyper
put forward, state, submit
advise, propose, suggest
make a proposal, declare a plan for something
3v put (something somewhere) firmly
She posited her hand on his shoulder
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
deposit, fix, situate
bury
place in the earth and cover with soil
sediment
deposit as a sediment
lay, place, pose, position, put, set
put into a certain place or abstract location
4n (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
postulate
Bayes' postulate
(statistics) the difficulty of applying Bayes' theorem is that the probabilities of the different causes are seldom known, in which case it may be postulated that they are all equal (sometimes known as postulating the equidistribution of ignorance)
assumption, premise, premiss
a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
major premise, major premiss
the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion)
minor premise, minor premiss, subsumption
the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion)
thesis
an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument
condition, precondition, stipulation
an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
scenario
a postulated sequence of possible events
proposition
(logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
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