postulation
/verb pos-chuh-leyt; noun pos-chuh-lit, -leyt/US // verb ˈpɒs tʃəˌleɪt; noun ˈpɒs tʃə lɪt, -ˌleɪt //
推测,设想,推定,假设
Related Words
posit定位,姿势,职务,构成presuppose预设,预先假定,预设为,预先假设hypothesize假设,臆测,假定,设想theorize理论化,理解,推测,理论分析advance进展,晋级,进展情况,预付款guess猜测,猜到了,猜猜看,猜想affirm申明,肯定,确认,申报assume假设,假定,承担,担当propose建议,提议,提出,提出建议predicate谓语,语词,谓词,语义assert宣称,声称,宣称的,声称的suppose假设,假定,估计,推测premise前提是,前提,处所,前提下aver平均值,平均值为,平均值是指estimate估计,估算,估计数,估量speculate猜测,揣测,猜猜看,揣测一下put forward提出来的,提出了,提出的,提出take for granted想当然地认为,想当然的认为,想当然,理所当然地认为
Definitions
v.有主动词 verb
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pos·tu·lat·ed, pos·tu·lat·ing.
- : to ask, demand, or claim.
- : to claim or assume the existence or truth of, especially as a basis for reasoning or arguing.
- : to assume without proof, or as self-evident; take for granted.
- : Mathematics, Logic. to assume as a postulate.
n.名词 noun
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- : something taken as self-evident or assumed without proof as a basis for reasoning.
- : Mathematics, Logic. a proposition that requires no proof, being self-evident, or that is for a specific purpose assumed true, and that is used in the proof of other propositions; axiom.
- : a fundamental principle.
- : a necessary condition; prerequisite.
Synonyms & Antonyms
nounassumption
Synonyms
acceptance接受,接纳,受理,接受程度belief信仰,信念,相信,信奉conjecture猜测,猜想,推测,臆测expectation期待,期望,期望值,期待值fancy花式,幻想,花哨的,幻想的guess猜测,猜到了,猜猜看,猜想hunch直觉,预感,预测,驼背hypothesis假说,假设,假定,假想inference推论,推理,推断,推论的posit定位,姿势,职务,构成postulate设想,假设,推定,推测premise前提是,前提,处所,前提下presumption推定,假设,假定,推断presupposition预设,预设条件,预设值,预测shot镜头,摄,炮击,镜头下的stab捅一捅,戳,捅捅,捅破supposal假设,假定,假说,假设性supposition假设,臆测,假定,臆断surmise推测,臆测,猜测,臆想suspicion怀疑,猜疑,嫌疑人,嫌疑犯theorization理论化,理論化,理论化的,理论化的东西theory理论,理论上,理论上说,理論thesis论文,毕业论文,论述,论题accepting接受,接纳,接受的,认可assuming假设,假定,设想,假设是shot in the dark黑暗中的射击,黑暗中的枪声,黑暗中射击,暗中射击sneaking suspicion偷偷摸摸的猜测,偷偷摸摸的猜疑,偷偷摸摸的猜想,偷偷摸摸的怀疑
Examples
Then he makes a grandiose postulation about not knowing how one “compares art.”
Postulation and the verifying of postulates is thus a process of reciprocal discrimination and selection.
The postulation by him of molecular force at this point, is virtually an abandonment of the whole controversy.
Both postulation and verification, then, are applicable to the problems of religion as of science.
But such esoteric combinations are not at all necessary for the postulation of wildly variant life forms.
But Science has been reluctant to recognise that it is now entitled to dispense with the postulation of Matter.
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