POSTULATE


Meaning of POSTULATE in English

Pronunciation: ' päs-ch ə - ˌ l ā t

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form: -lat · ed ; -lat · ing

Etymology: Latin postulatus, past participle of postulare; akin to Latin poscere to ask, Old High German forsc ō n to search, Sanskrit p ṛ cchati he asks ― more at PRAY

Date: 1593

1 : DEMAND , CLAIM

2 a : to assume or claim as true, existent, or necessary : depend upon or start from the postulate of b : to assume as a postulate or axiom (as in logic or mathematics)

– pos · tu · la · tion \ ˌ päs-ch ə - ' l ā -sh ə n \ noun

– pos · tu · la · tion · al \ -shn ə l, -sh ə -n ə l \ adjective

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