posit
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zət
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/pˈɒsÉĒt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "posit"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to propose or assume something as true or factual, serving as the foundation for further reasoning or argumentation
Transitive: to posit sth
to posit definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The scientist decided to posit the existence of an undiscovered particle to explain the anomalies in the experimental data.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧀ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āϤāĻĨā§āϝ⧇ āĻ…āϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϤāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϜāĻžāύāĻž āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to put forward a theory, idea, or argument for consideration or discussion
Transitive: to posit a theory or argument | to posit that
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Einstein famously posited the theory of relativity in the early 20th century.
āφāχāύāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāχāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ ⧍ā§ĻāĻļ āĻļāϤāϕ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁āϤ⧇ āφāĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻ•āϤāĻžāϰ āϤāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āωāĻ¤ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to put or place something in a particular position
Transitive: to posit sth somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The architect posited the building's entrance on the eastern side to capture the morning sunlight.
āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻĒāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧋āĻ• āϧāϰāĻž āĻ­āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻŋāϤāĻŋ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ

(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

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