American English pronunciation
How to pronounce postulate
IPA transcription: ['pɑstʃə,leɪt]
Pronunciation variants: ['pɑstʃə,leɪt]['pɑstʃələt]
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Noun
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(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
Verb
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require as useful, just, or proper
“It takes nerve to do what she did”
“success usually requires hard work”
“This job asks a lot of patience and skill”
“This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice”
“This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert”
“This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent”
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maintain or assert
“He contended that Communism had no future”
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take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
“He posited three basic laws of nature”
Usage examples
- He also invented the Fano algorithm and postulated the Fano metric.
- He postulated a dispersion theory before his coworker made his discovery and announcement.
- He was one of many mathematicians who attempted to prove Euclid's fifth postulate.
- In mathematics, first principles are referred to as axioms and postulates.
- Author Ian MacDonald postulated that the disenchanted Lennon's ragged playing was intentional.
- Other generalizations of Bertrand's Postulate have been obtained using elementary methods.
- He postulated a dispersion theory before his coworker made his discovery and announcement.
- He postulated a dispersion theory before his coworker made his discovery and announcement.
- They postulated that in order to make correct bindings there had to be attention.
- Just War theory postulates that war, while terrible, is not always the worst option.