POSIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does posit mean? 

• POSIT (noun)
  The noun POSIT has 1 sense:

1. (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

  Familiarity information: POSIT used as a noun is very rare.

• POSIT (verb)
  The verb POSIT has 3 senses:

1. put (something somewhere) firmly

2. put before

3. take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom

  Familiarity information: POSIT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POSIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

posit; postulate

Hypernyms ("posit" is a kind of...):

proposition ((logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false)

Domain category:

logic (the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "posit"):

Bayes' postulate ((statistics) the difficulty of applying Bayes' theorem is that the probabilities of the different causes are seldom known, in which case it may be postulated that they are all equal (sometimes known as postulating the equidistribution of ignorance))

assumption; premise; premiss (a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn)

Derivation:

posit (take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom)

• POSIT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they posit    ... he / she / it posits   
Past simple: posited   
Past participle: posited   
-ing form: positing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put (something somewhere) firmly

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

deposit; fix; posit; situate

Context example:

fix your eyes on this spot

Hypernyms (to "posit" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "posit"):

bury (place in the earth and cover with soil)

sediment (deposit as a sediment)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

position (the act of putting something in a certain place)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Put before

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

posit; put forward; state; submit

Context example:

I submit to you that the accused is guilty

Hypernyms (to "posit" is one way to...):

advise; propose; suggest (make a proposal, declare a plan for something)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sense 3

Meaning:

Take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

posit; postulate

Context example:

He posited three basic laws of nature

Hypernyms (to "posit" is one way to...):

presuppose; suppose (take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "posit"):

assert; insist (postulate positively and assertively)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

posit ((logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning)

position (the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom)

 Context examples 

Neptune will be the most prominent planet at that new moon and will be posited in your eleventh house of friends, hopes, and wishes.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

They have also posited the existence of a "dark energy" that is more powerful than gravitational attraction.

(There May Be No Dark Matter, Dark Energy in Universe, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)