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posit

[poz-it]

verb (used with object)

  1. to place, put, or set.

  2. to lay down or assume as a fact or principle; postulate.



noun

  1. something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.

posit

/ ˈɒɪ /

verb

  1. to assume or put forward as fact or the factual basis for an argument; postulate

  2. to put in position

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a fact, idea, etc, that is posited; assumption

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of posit1

First recorded in 1640–50; from Latin positus, past participle of ōԱ “to place, put”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of posit1

C17: from Latin ōԱ to place, position
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Oates seems to posit that we allow whatever entertains, and we return to whatever has entertained before.

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Various theories have been posited as to what could have caused the crash in Ahmedabad, but one pilot I spoke to said that nowadays it's rare for a manufacturer fault to cause a fatal incident.

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A backer with deep pockets posits that the device never would’ve been recalled with his powerful connections at the FDA.

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Bhattacharya and his co-author posited that “masking is a psychological stressor for children and disrupts learning,” and “it is likely that masking exacerbates the chances that a child will experience anxiety and depression.”

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The two physicists contested the Big Bang Theory, which posits that all matter and energy in the universe came into existence in one single instance about 13.8 billion years ago.

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