posit
verb
pos·it
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posited\ ˈpä-zə-təd
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positing\ ˈpä-zə-tiŋ
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, ˈpäz-təd \;
positing\ ˈpä-zə-tiŋ
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Definition of posit
Examples of posit in a Sentence
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One kilo of a particular substance, Slaughter posits, would be enough to wipe out the entire human race. — Richard Lipez, Dallas News, "White supremacists are the eerily relevant villains in Karin Slaughter's new novel," 20 Aug. 2019 One kilo of a particular substance, Slaughter posits, would be enough to wipe out the entire human race. — Richard Lipez, Washington Post, "White supremacists are the eerily relevant villains in Karin Slaughter’s new novel," 14 Aug. 2019 This in turn suggests that penguins reached a huge size very early in their evolution, a theory that experts had already posited based on the Antarctic specimen. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "A Human-Sized Penguin Once Waddled Through New Zealand," 14 Aug. 2019 Recent reports have posited that Apple is building an electric van, the same basic design as Drive.ai’s vehicles. — David Z. Morris, Fortune, "Apple’s Latest Acquisition Shows Self-Driving Cars Are in the Doldrums of Disappointment," 27 June 2019 It’s been posited that the Baby Ruth candy bar, introduced in 1921, was named after President Grover Cleveland’s daughter, Ruth, and not baseball legend Babe Ruth, who was in the prime of his career when the candy hit the market. — Lucas Kwan Peterson, latimes.com, "The official candy bar power rankings," 11 June 2019 Bernevig posits that as the layers stack up higher and higher, physicists may be able to get the superconductivity temperature to climb along with it. — David H. Freedman, WIRED, "Physicists Are Bewitched by Twisted Graphene's 'Magic Angle'," 5 May 2019 String theorists posit that the six extra spatial dimensions must be small — curled up tightly at every point. — Quanta Magazine, "Dark Energy May Be Incompatible With String Theory," 9 Aug. 2018 Our research posits that aging, technology and health issues will be inextricably linked in the future. — David Lindeman, The Conversation, "How technology could be a solution to caregiver shortage for seniors," 25 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'posit.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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posit
verb
English Language Learners Definition of posit
formal
: to suggest (something, such as an idea or theory) especially in order to start a discussion
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