posit

Meaning

Noun

1. Something that is posited; a postulate.
2. Abbreviation of position.

Verb

1. To assume the existence of; to postulate.
2. To propose for consideration or study; to suggest.
3. To put (something somewhere) firmly; to place or position.

Synonyms

submit

postulate

put forward

state

set

situate

fix

place

supposition

guess

deposit

surmise

count

🔢

cypher

debouch

decline

decrease

depress

dip

discharge

dispose

disposition

drop

ebb

emplacement

enumerate

fall

figure

find

🔍

find out

get down

go

go down

guarantee

hypothesis

hypothesize

if

imagination

instate

intone

invest

lay

lemma

let

let down

locate

lodge

lour

lower

mouth

number

🔢

numerate

placement

pose

post

presume

presumption

pronounce

put

put down

rack

recite

reckon

redact

say

🗣️

setting

set-up

sluice

station

🚉

supposal

suppose

tap

theorem

theory

thought

💭

timing

trim down

utter

view

vocalise

vocalize

work out

bite out

make arrangements for

resettlements

elocute

defervesce

ebb off

ebb out

adjustment

surmisal

assume

avouch

bid

boil down

bring in

calculate

call

cipher

collocate

come down

compute

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɒzɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin positus, perfect participle of pōnō (“put, place”).