posits

Meaning of posits

verb, 3rd person present
  1. put forward as fact or as a basis for argument.
    the Confucian view posits a perfectible human nature
  2. put in position; place.
    the Professor posits Cohen in his second category of poets

plural noun

a statement which is made on the assumption that it will prove to be true.

mid 17th century: from Latin posit- ‘placed’, from the verb ponere .

Information about posits

  • The singular form of posits is: posit.
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Hyphenation of posits

posits

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • posits is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

posits synonyms

Meaning suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of (something) as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief:

postulate

Meaning move forwards in a purposeful way:

advance

Meaning put forward (an idea or theory) for consideration by others:

propound

Meaning (especially in judicial contexts) suggest; argue:

submit

Meaning state, affirm, or assert (something) about the subject of a sentence or an argument of a proposition:

predicate

Meaning put (something) forward as a hypothesis:

hypothesize

Meaning put forward (a plan or suggestion) for consideration by others:

propose

Meaning raise (a question or matter for consideration):

pose

Meaning state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully:

assert

Meaning tacitly assume at the beginning of a line of argument or course of action that something is the case:

presuppose

Meaning suppose to be the case, without proof:

assume

Meaning suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability:

presume

Anagrams of posits

ptosis, stipos

Words that rhyme with posits

sits, absits, bedsits, besits, housesits, resits, previsits, revisits, visits, Tilsits, transits, deposits, electrodeposits, exposits, oviposits, prosits, redeposits, reposits, rosits, assumpsits, outsits, whatsits, musits, babysits

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