to postulate
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7.5
- verb
- /ˈpɑːstjʊleɪt/
- Formal
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postular
- In order to develop a new theory, we must first postulate that certain conditions exist.
- researchers postulate
- postulate the existence
- theory postulates
We're trying to postulate that there are states that do this.
- We're trying to postulate that there are states that do this.
- Well, that's not really an objection to this because this is postulated in thought beyond that reality.
- So we, we, we postulated that only final outcomes matter here.
- There's no, there's no way of compressing science further by postulating God.
- And then in, in some of this work, we can start to postulate how far down an experience actually goes.
- We can account for physics and the reality of our own consciousness just in terms of by postulating simple forms of consciousness.
- And therefore physicists postulate some repulsive force pushing it apart that we call dark energy.
- Not exactly the same, but close enough for Dirac to postulate that these numbers must have a common origin.
- As it is right now, if you postulate that there are three neutrino types, then in fact that works.
- And so there there is postulated a kind of repulsive force, which we refer to as dark energy.
- And the fundamental laws that Maxwell postulates can be stated just in terms of what's going on in these tiny little regions.
Examples
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In the 1970s, Raymond Williams postulated that the real innovation of television is television itself.
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And then in, in some of this work, we can start to postulate how far down an experience actually goes.
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We're trying to postulate that there are states that do this.
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So what I need to do is to postulate that this is of this form.
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And so I would postulate that that is the diet that human beings are supposed to eat.
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As it is right now, if you postulate that there are three neutrino types, then in fact that works.
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Not exactly the same, but close enough for Dirac to postulate that these numbers must have a common origin.
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But here we're postulating that there is this harmony or coincidence between the two.
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Likewise, researchers have postulated different emotional bases and social functions for each smile type observed.
Academic text (2015) -
Researchers have recently documented the long-postulated pockets of carbon dioxide beneath the snow, perhaps caused by decomposing plant material.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
∞
2.7
To think something is true without clear proof
∞
3.2
Think something is true without proof
497
5.3
To say that something is true without giving proof
89
4.9
To show that something is likely true because of evidence
39
6.1
Form an idea to explain why something happens with little proof
35
7.5
To suggest that something is true as the start of an argument
33
7.6
To guess that something is true without enough evidence
22
7.2
To suggest an idea about why something happens that can be tested
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8.3
Assume something to be true before you can say or do something
Suggest a possible explanation without strong evidence
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
An assumption that all possible causes are equally likely when there is no information
How Strong
229
3.9
- Formal
17
7.5
∞
3.0
- US
22
7.2
∞
1.6
Surface Forms
Etymology
Postulate comes from an old Latin word postulare meaning 'to ask' or 'to demand', so when a scientist postulates a new particle they are putting the idea forward like a 'request' for others to accept as a starting point for study.