What is "postulate" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does postulate mean in English? Meaning of postulate definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "postulate" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "postulate": (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

Noun

  • Meaning: (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
  • Synonyms: posit postulate
  • Hyponyms: assumption bayes' postulate premise premiss
  • Hypernyms: proposition
  • Hyphenation: pos‧tu‧late

    Meaning of "postulate": maintain or assert

    Verb

  • Meaning: maintain or assert
  • Example: He contended that Communism had no future
  • Synonyms: contend postulate
  • Hypernyms: claim
  • Hyphenation: pos‧tu‧late

    Meaning of "postulate": take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom

    Verb

  • Meaning: take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
  • Example: He posited three basic laws of nature
  • Synonyms: posit postulate
  • Hyponyms: assert insist
  • Hypernyms: presuppose suppose
  • Hyphenation: pos‧tu‧late

    Meaning of "postulate": require as useful, just, or proper

    Verb

  • Meaning: require as useful, just, or proper
  • Example: It takes nerve to do what she did success usually requires hard work This job asks a lot of patience and skill This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent
  • Synonyms: ask call for demand involve necessitate need postulate require take
  • Hyponyms: claim compel cost cry for cry out for draw exact govern take
  • Antonyms: eliminate obviate rid of
  • Hyphenation: pos‧tu‧late

  • Adjective: Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument.A fundamental element; a basic principle.(logic) An axiom.A requirement; a prerequisite.
  • Synonyms:

    posit, presuppose, hypothesize, theorize, advance, guess, affirm, assume, propose, predicate, assert, suppose, premise, aver, estimate, speculate, put forward, take for granted,

    Antonyms:

    measure, deny, reject, disbelieve, calculate,

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