Antonyms for postulated

Grammar : Verb

Spell : verb pos-chuh-leyt; noun pos-chuh-lit, -leyt

Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈpɒs tʃəˌleɪt; noun ˈpɒs tʃə lɪt, -ˌleɪt

Definition of postulated

Origin : 1530s, "nominate to a church office," from Medieval Latin postulatus, past participle of postulare "to ask, demand; claim; require," probably formed from past participle of Latin poscere "ask urgently, demand," from *posk-to-, Italic inchoative of PIE root *prek- "to ask questions" (cf. Sanskrit prcchati, Avestan peresaiti "interrogates," Old High German forskon, German forschen "to search, inquire"). Use in logic dates from 1640s, borrowed from Medieval Latin.

verb suppose, figure

Example sentences :

I postulated that it should be none of those “ten minutes in the air” affairs.
Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad

This conclusion is no mere inference from accepted or postulated premises.
Extract from : « What Is and What Might Be » by Edmond Holmes

But this presumption can never be proved; it can only be postulated.
Extract from : « The Science and Philosophy of the Organism » by Hans Driesch

What, therefore, can be postulated of the one will not apply with equal force to the other.
Extract from : « The Mystery of Space » by Robert T. Browne

In geometry the primary construction is not demonstrated, but postulated.
Extract from : « Biographia Literaria » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I have postulated consciousness as the inseparable concomitant of life.
Extract from : « Morals and the Evolution of Man » by Max Simon Nordau

If God be as postulated, then can prayer and confession not be necessary, or even beautiful.
Extract from : « The Hearts of Men » by H. Fielding

Perhaps the same may be said for 1000, though this could not be postulated with equal certainty.
Extract from : « The Number Concept » by Levi Leonard Conant

In itself, it postulated an owner in the prime of life, handsome and graceful.
Extract from : « Idolatry » by Julian Hawthorne

It is curious to see an insect apply the 'principle of least action,' so often postulated in mechanics.
Extract from : « Bramble-bees and Others » by J. Henri Fabre

Synonyms for postulated

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