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posit 音標拼音: [p'ɑzət] vt. 安置,布置,斷定 安置,佈置,斷定 posit n 1: ( logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning [ synonym: { postulate}, { posit}] v 1: put ( something somewhere) firmly; " She posited her hand on his shoulder"; " deposit the suitcase on the bench"; " fix your eyes on this spot" [ synonym: { situate}, { fix}, { posit}, { deposit}] 2: put before; " I submit to you that the accused is guilty" [ synonym: { submit}, { state}, { put forward}, { posit}] 3: take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; " He posited three basic laws of nature" [ synonym: { postulate}, { posit}] Posit \ Pos" it\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Posited}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Positing}.] [ L. ponere, positum, to place. See { Position}.] 1. To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose in relation to other objects. -- Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Logic) To assume as real or conceded; as, to posit a principle. -- Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster] 32 Moby Thesaurus words for " posit": advance, apriorism, assert, assume, hypothesize, lay, lay down, offer, park, place, pose, post, postulate, postulation, predicate, premise, presume, presumption, presupposition, propose, propound, put, put forth, put forward, seat, set, set forth, station, stick, submit, supposition, thesis
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