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[ poz-it ] / ˈpɒz ɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR posit ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object)to place, put, or set. to lay down or assume as a fact or principle; postulate. nounsomething that is posited; an assumption; postulate. Origin of posit1640–50; <Latin positus, past participle of pōnere to place, put Words nearby positposeur, posey, posh, posho, posigrade rocket, posit, positif, position, positional notation, positional nystagmus, position angle Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for positTo posit that the war brings us closer to faith is a sleight of hand that makes fools of us all. There Are Only Atheists in Fox Holes|Michael Carson|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST We have to erase history and posit a Palestinian people that is, somehow, essentially different from other people. Rebranding Reality For Jerusalem Day|Emily L. Hauser|May 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST Advocates of intervention may want to posit the U.S. as the world's police. What Israel's Attack Doesn't Mean For American Intervention In Syria|Ali Gharib|May 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST You posit that talking about the aesthetics of scent in traditional aesthetic terms makes scent subservient to other disciplines. Nosing Out the Meaning of Scent|Blake Gopnik|February 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
House of Cards appears to posit that ruthlessness is next to godliness. David Fincher, Beau Willimon & Kate Mara On Netflix’s ‘House of Cards’|Jace Lacob|January 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST Whether we speak of creation or posit an uncreated matter, it is the totality of the universe that we are considering at once. Creative Evolution|Henri Bergson To posit (create) being and truth is incomparably better than to allow not-being or nothing. Giordano Bruno|James Lewis McIntyre A theory of science, according to Fichte, must posit some supreme principle, from which every other must be derived. A History of Philosophy in Epitome|Albert Schwegler It is scientifically inadmissible to posit a "religious faculty" organically ear-marked for religious use. Religion & Sex|Chapman Cohen All that compels us rationally to posit the existence of soul, is its works, good and evil. The Unpopular Review Vol. I|Various
British Dictionary definitions for posit
verb (tr)to assume or put forward as fact or the factual basis for an argument; postulate to put in position nouna fact, idea, etc, that is posited; assumption Word Origin for positC17: from Latin pōnere to place, position Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to positpostulate, hypothesize, presuppose, gather, presume, conclude, feel, fancy, deem, expect, consider, suspect, take, conjecture, reckon, regard, understand, premise, imagine, judge |