释义 |
verb | noun postulatepostulate1 /ˈpɑstʃəˌleɪt/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYpostulate1Origin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of postulare, from poscere to ask VERB TABLEpostulate |
Present | I, you, we, they | postulate | | he, she, it | postulates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | postulated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have postulated | | he, she, it | has postulated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had postulated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will postulate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have postulated |
|
Present | I | am postulating | | he, she, it | is postulating | | you, we, they | are postulating | Past | I, he, she, it | was postulating | | you, we, they | were postulating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been postulating | | he, she, it | has been postulating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been postulating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be postulating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been postulating |
formal to suggest that something might have happened or be true: Darwin postulated the modern theory of evolution.postulate that He postulates that this type of abuse is common.—postulation /ˌpɑstʃəˈleɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable] verb | noun postulatepostulate2 /ˈpɑstʃəlɪt, -ˌleɪt/ noun [countable] math, science something that is believed to be true, but is not proven, on which an argument or scientific discussion is based: a mathematical postulate |