- posit something on
- base something on the truth of (a particular assumption).→ posit
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posit something on
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posit — [ pɒzɪt] verb (posits, positing, posited) 1》 put forward as fact or as a basis for argument. ↘(posit something on) base something on the truth of (a particular assumption). 2》 place. noun Philosophy a statement which is made on the assumption … English new terms dictionary
posit — [[t]pɒ̱zɪt[/t]] posits, positing, posited VERB If you posit something, you suggest or assume it as the basis for an argument or calculation. [FORMAL] [V n] Several writers have posited the idea of a universal consciousness... [V that] Callahan… … English dictionary
posit — Something put forward as a useful assumption or starting point, but not necessarily regarded as known to be true … Philosophy dictionary
posit — UK [ˈpɒzɪt] / US [ˈpɑzət] verb [transitive] Word forms posit : present tense I/you/we/they posit he/she/it posits present participle positing past tense posited past participle posited formal to say that something is true or that something should … English dictionary
posit — pos|it [ pazət ] verb transitive FORMAL to say that something is true or that something should be accepted as true: Who was the first scientist to posit that the Earth revolves around the Sun? … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
posit — 1. noun /ˈpɒzɪt/ Something that is posited; a postulate. 2. verb /ˈpɒzɪt/ a) Assume the existence of; to postulate. some who posit both this cause and besides this the source of movement, which we have got from some as single and from other as… … Wiktionary
posit — /poz it/, v.t. 1. to place, put, or set. 2. to lay down or assume as a fact or principle; postulate. n. 3. something that is posited; an assumption; postulate. [1640 50; < L positus, ptp. of ponere to place, put] * * * … Universalium
posit — pos•it [[t]ˈpɒz ɪt[/t]] v. t. 1) to lay down or assume as a fact or principle; postulate 2) to place, put, or set 3) something posited; assumption; postulate • Etymology: 1640–50; < L positus, ptp. of pōnere to place, put … From formal English to slang
Fichte and Schilling: the Jena period — Daniel Breazeale FROM KANT TO FICHTE An observer of the German philosophical landscape of the 1790s would have surveyed a complex and confusing scene, in which individuals tended to align themselves with particular factions or “schools,”… … History of philosophy
deposit — ▪ I. deposit de‧pos‧it 1 [dɪˈpɒzt ǁ dɪˈpɑː ] noun 1. [countable] BANKING an amount of money paid into a bank account or held in a bank account, especially when it is earning interest: • Residents have some $4 billion in deposits in local… … Financial and business terms
