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Meaning postulate meaning

What does postulate mean?
Definitions in simple English

postulate Verb

— To postulate is to suggest or accept that something is true. Maharishi Kanad postulated that atoms are smallest particles.

postulate Noun

— A postulate is a thing that is suggested or assumed to be true.

postulate

— verb (= contend) maintain or assert He contended that Communism had no future — verb (= posit) take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom He posited three basic laws of nature — noun (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning — verb (= ask, require, take, call for, demand) require as useful, just, or proper It takes nerve to do what she did success usually requires hard work This job asks a lot of patience and skill This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent

Synonyms postulate synonyms

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postulate English » English

demand require suppose posit assumption necessitate call for contend assume take presume hypothesis claim axiom ask surmise supposition supposal presumption premise need involve hypothesize data whinge want think theory take for swear surmisal supposed state say requisition requirements requirement request reclaim pronounce proclaim presuppose premiss possibility oblige maintain lemma hypothetical hypothesise hypothecate

Conjugation postulate conjugation

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postulate · verb

Examples postulate examples

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Simple sentences

Such work postulate a lot of patience.

Movie subtitles

I only postulate.
What an interesting life you postulate for this father.
This postulate formed the fundamental basis Of all of his thinking And remained with him until his death.
Can you postulate an explanation for the discrepancy?
If I may postulate, that was merely the level of sophistication required to lure the Cat.
We would need to identify at least one of them specifically in order to postulate a flight path.
Of course, I had to demolish Wang's second postulate to do it.
Wang's second postulate has more lives than a cat, doesn't it?
Uh, not as yet, so far we haven't been able to. to postulate any further equations, no.
I may be able to postulate an MO. However, I'm going to need data from the remaining exercises.
Okay, fifth geometric postulate.
Right, and then we figure Don's postulate, that the money then headed to Mexico.
Given the prevalence of bite marks, torn flesh, puncture wounds, I'd postulate that Petty Officer Hanson was the victim of a dog attack.
I postulate that each gunshot was both precise and deliberate and did not occur in a rapid-fire succession.
Well, what an interesting life you postulate for this father.
THIS POSTULATE FORMED THE FUNDAMENTAL BASIS OF ALL OF HIS THINKING AND REMAINED WITH HIM UNTIL HIS DEATH.
Rather, I postulate it is they who became disenchanted with you, Doctor, and asked you to resign from all of them.
We need to identify at least one to postulate a flight path.
I would postulate she's escaping into the online world to compensate for her sexual frustration.
If we work backwards, correcting for observation bias and postulate an initial dating age of 15.
We postulate an alternate world that differs from ours in one key aspect and then pose questions to each other.
Um, like on page 158, for starters, you postulate that an organic transistor made of rubrene could function properly at room temperature.
Purge detractors often postulate this evening is actually about the elimination of the poor, the needy, the sick.
Based on the severity of the blunt force trauma, I would postulate that it's much more likely that at least initially, she was lying down, near unconsciousness.
If we postulate an active nucleus.
I would postulate that she's escaping into the online world To compensate for her sexual frustration.
And this was produced, we postulate, in a small nuclear reactor, which would produce both heat and light as required.
One of the first scientists to postulate the existence of black holes.
To fully exsanguinate, we can postulate that at least one major artery was severed.

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