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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pos•tu•late /v. ˈpɑstʃəˌleɪt; n. -lɪt, -ˌleɪt/USA pronunciation v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing, n. v. - to suggest or assume the existence or truth of (something), esp. as a basis for further reasoning: [~ + object]She postulated an increase in population and went on from there to form a theory of population change.[~ + that clause]began by postulating that good and evil exist in all people.
n. [countable] - something assumed to be true and used as a basis for reasoning:a postulate that human beings were created for a purpose.
pos•tu•la•tion /ˌpɑstʃəˈleɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pos•tu•late (v. pos′chə lāt′;n. pos′chə lit, -lāt′),USA pronunciation v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing, n. v.t. - to ask, demand, or claim.
- to claim or assume the existence or truth of, esp. as a basis for reasoning or arguing.
- to assume without proof, or as self-evident;
take for granted. - Mathematics, Philosophyto assume as a postulate.
n. - something taken as self-evident or assumed without proof as a basis for reasoning.
- Mathematics, Philosophya proposition that requires no proof, being self-evident, or that is for a specific purpose assumed true, and that is used in the proof of other propositions;
axiom. - a fundamental principle.
- a necessary condition;
prerequisite.
- Latin postulātum petition, thing requested, noun, nominal use of neuter of past participle of postulāre to request, demand, akin to pōscere to request
- 1525–35
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged hypothecate, presuppose, conjecture.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged hypothesis, theory; axiom; assumption, conjecture.
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