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posited
[poz-i-tid]
adjective
claimed or assumed as a fact or principle, especially as a basis for argument or further investigation.
The posited planet, supposed to explain the irregular orbit of Uranus, was later discovered—Neptune.
verb
the simple past tense and past participle of posit.
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of posited1
Example Sentences
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.
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.â€
These aren't just videos extolling the beautification powers of faith, but are posited as an angry rebuttal to an imagined hater who is denying the existence of the "Jesus glow."
Although a more liberal administration may instruct federal employees to interpret “urgent humanitarian reasons†in a more lenient way, the Trump administration could potentially tell employees no such reasons exist, she posited.
Back in 1994, James Goldsmith had posited that the problem with the free market dream was that it didn't protect the home base.
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