英语词汇“postulate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

postulate

释义

to assume or claim that (something) is true or that it exists, esp for the purposes of an argument

to put forward (a candidate for ecclesiastical office) for the approval of a higher authority

postulation /-ʹlaysh(ə)n/ noun

postulator noun

[Latin postulatus, past part. of postulare to ask, later ‘to assume’]

a hypothesis advanced as a premise in a train of reasoning

a statement, e.g. in logic or mathematics, that is accepted without proof

[medieval Latin postulatum, neuter of postulatus: see postulate¹]

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