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postulate
Overview of noun postulate
The noun postulate has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) postulate, posit -- ((logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning)
Overview of verb postulate
The verb postulate has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (3) contend, postulate -- (maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no future")
2. (1) postulate, posit -- (take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; "He posited three basic laws of nature")
3. necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand -- (require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun postulate
1 sense of postulate
Sense 1
postulate, posit
=> proposition
=> statement
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun postulate
1 sense of postulate
Sense 1
postulate, posit
=> Bayes' postulate
=> premise, premiss, assumption
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun postulate
1 sense of postulate
Sense 1
postulate, posit
=> proposition
Antonyms of noun postulate
Member Holonyms of noun postulate
Substance Holonyms of noun postulate
Part Holonyms of noun postulate
Member Meronyms of noun postulate
Substance Meronyms of noun postulate
Part Meronyms of noun postulate
Meronyms of noun postulate
Holonyms of noun postulate
Attributes of noun postulate
Derived Forms of noun postulate
1 sense of postulate
Sense 1
postulate, posit
RELATED TO>(verb) postulate#2
=> postulate, posit
Domain of noun postulate
1 sense of postulate
Sense 1
postulate, posit
TOPIC>(noun) logic#1
Domain Terms of noun postulate
Familiarity of noun postulate
postulate used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun postulate
1 sense of postulate
Sense 1
postulate, posit
> proposition
=> particular, particular proposition
=> universal, universal proposition
=> negation
=> converse
=> lemma
=> theorem
=> conclusion, ratiocination
=> postulate, posit
=> axiom
Meronyms of noun postulate
1 sense of postulate
Sense 1
postulate, posit
=> proposition
HAS PART: term
Holonyms of noun postulate
Grep of noun postulate
bayes' postulate
postulate
Antonyms of verb postulate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb postulate
3 senses of postulate
Sense 1
contend, postulate
=> claim
=> affirm
Sense 2
postulate, posit
=> presuppose, suppose
=> assume, presume, take for granted
=> expect, anticipate
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 3
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb postulate
2 of 3 senses of postulate
Sense 2
postulate, posit
=> insist, assert
Sense 3
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
=> claim, take, exact
=> govern
=> draw
=> cost
=> cry out for, cry for
=> imply, involve
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb postulate
3 senses of postulate
Sense 1
contend, postulate
=> claim
Sense 2
postulate, posit
=> presuppose, suppose
Sense 3
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
'Cause To' of verb postulate
Derived Forms of verb postulate
1 of 3 senses of postulate
Sense 2
postulate, posit
RELATED TO>(noun) postulate#1
=> postulate, posit
RELATED TO>(noun) postulation#1
=> postulation, predication
RELATED TO>(noun) postulator#2
=> postulator
Domain of verb postulate
Domain Terms of verb postulate
Familiarity of verb postulate
postulate used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb postulate
3 senses of postulate
Sense 1
contend, postulate
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 2
postulate, posit
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 3
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb postulate
2 of 3 senses of postulate
Sense 1
contend, postulate
> claim
=> profess, pretend
=> contend, postulate
=> make out
=> purport
=> profess
=> charge
Sense 2
postulate, posit
> presuppose, suppose
=> postulate, posit
=> premise, premiss
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb postulate
Sense 1
contend, postulate
=> claim
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Sense 2
postulate, posit
=> presuppose, suppose
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Sense 3
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
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Grep of verb postulate
expostulate
postulate
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