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Verb: postulate  'pós-chu,leyt
  1. Maintain or assert
    "He postulated that Communism had no future";
    - contend
     
  2. Take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
    "He postulated three basic laws of nature";
    - posit
     
  3. Must happen, have or exist previously or during (in order for stated thing to be happen or be the case)
    "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent";
    - necessitate, ask, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
Noun: postulate  'pós-chu,leyt
  1. (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
    - posit

Derived forms: postulating, postulated, postulates

Type of: claim, presuppose, proposition, suppose

Encyclopedia: Postulate