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

postulatepostulate1 /ˈpɑstʃəˌleɪt/ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYpostulate¹

Origin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of postulare, from poscere to ask

VERB TABLE

postulate

Simple Form
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

Continuous Form
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]