postulate
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Synonyms: Verb
assume, hypothecate, hypothesize, premise, presume, presuppose, say, suppose
Synonyms: Noun
assumption, given, hypothetical, if, premise (also premiss), presumption, presupposition, supposition
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Scientists have postulated the existence of water on the planet. postulates that all people are born with certain rights that can never be taken away from themNoun
Einstein's theory of relativity was deduced from two postulates. one of the postulates that the true agnostic rejects is the assumption that it is even possible for us to know whether God exists
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That relationship, and some other patterns Grant and Ghannam postulated, was the basis for part of Grant's presentation at Black Hatâand for Crown Sterling's whole cryptography play. — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, "Snake oil or genius? Crown Sterling tells its side of Black Hat controversy," 29 Aug. 2019 That ability to expand, combined with additional flexibility from postulated extra dimensions, makes strings fluff up when enough of them are packed into a small space. — Quanta Magazine, "Black Hole Firewalls Could Be Too Tepid to Burn," 22 Aug. 2018 Colbert immediately asked a follow-up question that many Democrats in Texas have been postulating for weeks: Why doesn't Beto try to unseat Republican Senator John Cornyn in 2020? — Peter Dawson, Houston Chronicle, "Stephen Colbert asks Beto O'Rourke to drop White House bid, run for Senate seat in Texas," 13 June 2019 That finding led the researchers to postulate that the difference arose before birth and reflected hormone levels in the womb. — Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS, "Talk to the hand. Scientists try to debunk idea that finger length can reveal personality and health," 6 June 2019 Rather, the authors postulated, much of the decrease was due to young men carving out more time for one technology in particular: video games. — Lucinda Shen, Fortune, "Why Sony and Nintendo Stocks Could Rack Up Higher Scores," 19 Jan. 2018 Albright said intelligence agencies had already postulated the existence of the plant, in part because of North Koreaâs known efforts to purchase key components. — Joby Warrick, Washington Post, "Summit collapse foils chance to press North Korea on suspicious sites," 25 May 2018 Other less frantic speculation postulated that it could be used to examine other sats in orbit, either Russiaâs or those operated by geopolitical foes. — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, "Space Junk Could Provide a Perfect Hiding Spot for Tiny Spy Satellites," 30 Nov. 2018 Aharonovâs approach is called the two-state-vector formalism (TSVF) of quantum mechanics, and postulates quantum events are in some sense determined by quantum states not just in the pastâbut also in the future. — Philip Ball, Scientific American, "Quantum Physics May Be Even Spookier Than You Think," 21 May 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Starting from these two postulates, Einstein showed that space and time are intertwined in ways that scientists had never previously realized. — NBC News, "What is relativity? Einstein's mind-bending theory explained," 13 Apr. 2018 Starting from these two postulates, Einstein showed that space and time are intertwined in ways that scientists had never previously realized. — NBC News, "What is relativity? Einstein's mind-bending theory explained," 13 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'postulate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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