posit
verb /ˈpɒzɪt/
/ˈpɑːzɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they posit | /ˈpɒzɪt/ /ˈpɑːzɪt/ |
| he / she / it posits | /ˈpɒzɪts/ /ˈpɑːzɪts/ |
| past simple posited | /ˈpɒzɪtɪd/ /ˈpɑːzɪtɪd/ |
| past participle posited | /ˈpɒzɪtɪd/ /ˈpɑːzɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form positing | /ˈpɒzɪtɪŋ/ /ˈpɑːzɪtɪŋ/ |
- posit something | posit that… to suggest or accept that something is true so that it can be used as the basis for an argument or discussion synonym postulate
- Most religions posit the existence of life after death.
- She posits that ideas of gender are socially constructed.
- They were forced to modify the political premises on which the regime was posited.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPosit is used with these nouns as the object:- existence
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin posit- ‘placed’, from the verb ponere.