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verb

To take for granted without proof: assume, postulate, premise, presume, presuppose, suppose. Informal reckon. See belief/unbelief.

Something put forward as a useful assumption or starting-point, but not necessarily regarded as known to be true.

See words rhyming with "posit."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - anbringe, postulere
n. - postulat

Nederlands (Dutch)
poneren, (voor)stellen

Français (French)
v. tr. - avancer
n. - avancée

Deutsch (German)
v. - postulieren
n. - Postulierung

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - τοποθετώ, (φιλοσ.) προϋποθέτω, διατυπώνω ως αρχή
n. - (προ)υπόθεση

Italiano (Italian)
presupporre, collocare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - postular, colocar
n. - postulado (m)

Русский (Russian)
расположить, постулировать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - postular, proponer, disponer
n. - postulación, propuesta, disposición

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - placera, postulera, förutsätta
n. - postulering

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
安置, 断定, 布置, 假定, 设想

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 安置, 斷定, 佈置
n. - 假定, 設想

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 놓다, 단정하다, 긍정적으로 가정하다
n. - 가정

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 置く, 肯定的に仮定する, 仮定する
n. - 仮定

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يضع, يثبت, يفترض (الاسم) افتراض, وضعيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הניח (הנחה)‬
n. - ‮אמירה המושמעת על יסוד ההנחה שתוכח כתקפה‬

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