Synonyms for postulate

Grammar : Verb

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

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

Définition of postulate

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 :

Those who try to believe it postulate that they shall be made perfect first.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw

A first postulate is, therefore, the equality of the two sexes before the law.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

Since Logic derives from postulates, it never has, and never will, change a postulate.
Extract from : « Oomphel in the Sky » by Henry Beam Piper

The Captain acceded to my postulate, and accepted my friend as a corollary.
Extract from : « Pages From an Old Volume of Life » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

When you wish to behold protectors you must postulate dangers.
Extract from : « The Crack of Doom » by Robert Cromie

Postulate action, and the very form of the intellect can be deduced from it.
Extract from : « Creative Evolution » by Henri Bergson

This I postulate: if demonstration is necessary, demonstration is at hand.
Extract from : « Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians » by John Wesley Powell

We take up now the question of ideas, and postulate again that these too must conform both to the subject and to men's character.
Extract from : « An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in which from Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and Rejecting Epigrams » by Pierre Nicole

He receives as a postulate that which I must have demonstrated.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 » by Various

They360 require unity of result; they postulate a multitude of agents.
Extract from : « Modern Skepticism » by C. J. Ellicott

Antonyms for postulate

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