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Detailed Synonyms for postulate in English

postulate:

to postulate verbe (postulates, postulated, postulating)

  1. to postulate
    to postulate; to put forward; to raise; to introduce
    • postulate verbe (postulates, postulated, postulating)
    • put forward verbe (puts forward, put forward, putting forward)
    • raise verbe (raises, raised, raising)
    • introduce verbe (introduces, introduced, introducing)
  2. to postulate
    to postulate; to presume; to surmise; to presuppose; to suppose
    • postulate verbe (postulates, postulated, postulating)
    • presume verbe (presumes, presumed, presuming)
    • surmise verbe (surmises, surmised, surmising)
    • presuppose verbe (presupposes, presupposed, presupposing)
    • suppose verbe (supposes, supposed, supposing)
  3. to postulate
    – take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom 1
    to postulate; posit
    – take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom 1
    • postulate verbe (postulates, postulated, postulating)
    • posit verbe
      • He posited three basic laws of nature1
  4. to postulate
    – maintain or assert 1
    to contend; to postulate
    – maintain or assert 1
    • contend verbe (contends, contended, contending)
      • He contended that Communism had no future1
    • postulate verbe (postulates, postulated, postulating)
  5. to postulate
    – require as useful, just, or proper 1
    to involve; to require; to demand; to need; to take; to ask; to postulate; to call for; to necessitate
    – require as useful, just, or proper 1
    • involve verbe (involves, involved, involving)
    • require verbe (requires, required, requiring)
      • success usually requires hard work1
    • demand verbe (demands, demanded, demanding)
      • This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice1
    • need verbe (needs, needed, needing)
    • take verbe (takes, took, taking)
      • It takes nerve to do what she did1
    • ask verbe (asks, asked, asking)
      • This job asks a lot of patience and skill1
    • postulate verbe (postulates, postulated, postulating)
      • This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent1
    • call for verbe (calls for, called for, calling for)
    • necessitate verbe (necessitates, necessitated, necessitating)

Conjugations for postulate:

present
  1. postulate
  2. postulate
  3. postulates
  4. postulate
  5. postulate
  6. postulate
simple past
  1. postulated
  2. postulated
  3. postulated
  4. postulated
  5. postulated
  6. postulated
present perfect
  1. have postulated
  2. have postulated
  3. has postulated
  4. have postulated
  5. have postulated
  6. have postulated
past continuous
  1. was postulating
  2. were postulating
  3. was postulating
  4. were postulating
  5. were postulating
  6. were postulating
future
  1. shall postulate
  2. will postulate
  3. will postulate
  4. shall postulate
  5. will postulate
  6. will postulate
continuous present
  1. am postulating
  2. are postulating
  3. is postulating
  4. are postulating
  5. are postulating
  6. are postulating
subjunctive
  1. be postulated
  2. be postulated
  3. be postulated
  4. be postulated
  5. be postulated
  6. be postulated
diverse
  1. postulate!
  2. let's postulate!
  3. postulated
  4. postulating
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

postulate [the ~] nom

  1. the postulate
    the premise; the thesis; the postulate
  2. the postulate
    the presupposition; the premise; the postulate; the posing
  3. the postulate
    – (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning 1
    the postulate; the posit
    – (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning 1

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Related Definitions for "postulate":

  1. (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning1
  2. take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom1
  3. maintain or assert1
  4. require as useful, just, or proper1
    • This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent1

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