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postulate   (TTS Sound)

The noun postulate has 1 sense

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

The verb postulate has 3 senses

• contend, postulate -- (maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no future")


• postulate, posit -- (take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; "He posited three basic laws of nature")


• necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand -- (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")