posit

1. 1.

   (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

   Synonymspostulate

   Broaderproposition

   NarrowerBayes' postulatepremise

   logic

Other forms of posit

plural

posits·

past tense

positted·

present participle

positting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about posit

What does posit mean?

posit means "put (something somewhere) firmly". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in posit?

posit has 2 syllables: po-sit. The stress falls on "po". In IPA it is /ˈpɑzət/.

What is another word for posit?

Close synonyms include situate, fix, deposit, submit, state. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is posit a common word?

posit is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with posit?

1 word rhymes with posit. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.