posit
See also: pósit
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin positus, perfect participle of pōnō (“put, place”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɒzɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɑzɪt/
- Rhymes: -ɒzɪt
Noun edit
posit (plural posits)
- Something that is posited; a postulate.
- (aviation) Abbreviation of position.
Usage notes edit
- (for meaning #2) Started by USAF Fighter pilots when needing to know the position of a wingman. I.e. Lead pilot would say "2-posit" and #2 would reply: "5 o'clock high".
Translations edit
postulate
Verb edit
posit (third-person singular simple present posits, present participle positing, simple past and past participle posited)
- To assume the existence of; to postulate.
- Coordinate term: assert
- 1908, ARISTOTLE, translated by W. D. Ross, Metaphysics, Book 1, Part 5:
- some who posit both this cause and besides this the source of movement, which we have got from some as single and from other as twofold.
- To propose for consideration or study; to suggest.
- To put (something somewhere) firmly; to place or position.
- 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 113:
- Among many Indians, however, an exonormative view, which even today posits British English as the target model, appears to be firmly in place.
Translations edit
to postulate
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to suggest
to put firmly
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