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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

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