postulate
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "postulate"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 suggest or assume the existence or truth of something as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Before conducting the research, the scholar had to postulate the key hypotheses that would guide the investigation.
āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇, āĻĒāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻŋāϤāϕ⧇ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻž āϤāĻĻāĻ¨ā§āϤāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāύāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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to formally nominate or propose someone for an ecclesiastical office, subject to approval by a higher authority

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was postulated as abbot pending confirmation by the archbishop.
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āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to demand or claim as a fundamental or basic principle
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Environmentalists postulated stricter regulations to address climate change and protect natural resources.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāϰāĻž āϜāϞāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻŽā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻŦ⧇āϞāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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a proposition assumed to be true as a basis for reasoning or argument, especially in logic or mathematics

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The scientist accepted the postulate that energy is conserved in all processes.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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