Posit

Word POSIT
Character 5
Hyphenation pos it
Pronunciations /ˈpɒzɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Posit"

What do we mean by posit?

To assume or put forward, as for consideration or the basis of argument. transitive verb

To place firmly in position. transitive verb

To base (something) on an assumption regarding (something else); assume (something) to have (something else) as a basis. phrasal verb

To dispose, range, or place in relation to other objects.

To lay down as a position or principle; assume as real or conceded; present as a fact; affirm.

To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose in relation to other objects. transitive verb

To assume as real or conceded. transitive verb

Something that is posited; a postulate. noun

Abbreviation of position. noun

Assume the existence of; to postulate. verb

Propose for consideration or study; to suggest. verb

Put (something somewhere) firmly. verb

Take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom verb

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

Put (something somewhere) firmly verb

Put before verb

Something that is posited; a postulate.

1. to turn a bad situation into a good one 2. to become positive Urban Dictionary

The act of turning something negative into a positive Urban Dictionary

A word that you never wanna hear from the doctor. Urban Dictionary

"positions" can refer to the single or the album by American singer/songwriter Ariana Grande. "positions" is the lead single off of her sixth studio album with the same name. The album is said to be very sexual and very intimate. Urban Dictionary

A combination of “positivity” and “optimism” Used to describe the amount of positive energy one has and how they feel Urban Dictionary

Ariana Grande's horny but catchy album dedicated to her fiancé, Dalton Gomez. My opinion: "Nasty" is the best song. Urban Dictionary

Ariana grandes 6th studio album with the smash hit “positions” and collabs with Doja Cat, The Weeknd and Ty Dolla $ign Urban Dictionary

Something that does not exist on this website. Urban Dictionary

How you're having sex with your partner. Urban Dictionary

An outlook on life that involves seeing and focusing on the good aspects of a situation, no matter what the circumstances. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Posit

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The word "posit" in example sentences

The “deep” reason, I would posit, is centered on the great divide in “western” culture that has been manifesting itself time and again over the past thousand years, beginning with the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Enlightenment, all of which posed some inherent challenge to the dominate Christian-ized order that prevailed throughout the West at the time. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Yet instead of telling us why the designer MUST have been God, Brayton offers bluster: "I'm not going to engage in the ridiculous fiction that the generic designer they posit is anything other than God." ❋ Unknown (2007)

Comic narrative, I'd posit is based on exaggerating behaviours and reactions to a point where the suspension of disbelief is tested. ❋ Hal Duncan (2006)

Seixon: You only have to read the Russian newspapers online to see what you posit is not true. ❋ Unknown (2006)

So, what I'll posit is that the blogosphere actually changes the shape of the Gartner Hype Cycle some what. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Bolter and Grusin posit hypermedia — playing multiple media off one another — as a strategy to be used to counteract a too-deep immersion. ❋ Unknown (2005)

What some analysts posit is the real concern for the United States is Iran’s plan to open its own oil exchange — the Iranian Oil Bourse (IOB) — with the alleged goal of becoming the dominant center of the Middle East’s oil trade. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Setzen, "to posit," is introduced in De Man's second Nietzsche essay ( "The ❋ Unknown (2005)

Clearly, Darwin didn't "posit" in the sense of proposing a scientific hypothesis, but was merely waxing poetic in the final words of his book. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It's again a text of Nietzsche that gives De Man the word "posit," which as De Man begins quoting and reading the text in question, loses its innocuous, inconspicuous character. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The beliefs which they accompany 'posit' the assumed reality, 'correspond' and 'agree' with it, and 'fit' it in perfectly definite and assignable ways, through the sequent trains of thought and action which form their verification, so merely to insist on using these words abstractly instead of concretely is no way of driving the pragmatist from the field, -- his more concrete account virtually includes his critic's. ❋ William James (1876)

As for your "posit", after repeated failures (about every five years) ever since Reagan started the pilfering by the super-rich (1987 market crash, junk bonds, S scam, .......), your statement is more "faith-based" than based on rationality or experience. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I'll just note as a starting point that the whole idea that one might "posit" irrationality is a powerful glimpse at the tight grasp neoclassical economics has over the public discourse. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Religious social networks matter as much as they do, we posit, because they serve as echo chambers. ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)

At the very least, it is necessary from this perspective to be able to posit such a thing as the author's "intention," since otherwise only the most obviously polemical or otherwise inept fiction can be reduced to its putative political message. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The only people who doubt whether great writers "live in the same world of error and doubt that the rest of us inhabit" are those who posit the existence of superhuman genius ( "the secret of lightning") in the first place. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Though not nearly as lovable as Peter Seller's character Chance in Being There, this group of candidates posit themselves as nurturing, maternal caretakers of the American economy. ❋ Mark Cassello (2011)

you gots ta look inside ya self, [positate] the negative, when life throws pies at you, you make ya self a [tall cool] glass of [piemonade] [Positate] without pizzaz and jam!! Whoa! ❋ ZEli (2005)

We are [going] to positize that [thought] ❋ Witha (2016)

[Doctor]: Well, I looked at [the test] results...and dude, you're positive. Positive Guy:...[NOOOOOOOO]!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....Really? Doctor: Yeah. Positive Guy:...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ❋ Some Random Hot Sexy Guy (2008)

Have you listened to "positions" by [Ariana Grande]? ❋ JayKennyFan (2020)

How much positism [do you] have today? How’s you positism on a [scale] from [1-10]? ❋ Positively Random (2018)

[Arianator]: I love [positions] Young Arianator: Should I listen to it? Arianator: Well, maybe when you get older. [Hehe]. ❋ Duh_Lixz (2021)

Person 1: Hey what are you [listening] to Person 2: positions by [ariana grande] its such a good [album] ❋ Wxllxxmx (2020)

Person: [This website] does not have [positivity] for [anything]! ❋ Canthinkofgoodname (2018)

"What's our position [tonight], [booba]?" "63-z" "[Oh dear]" ❋ Alex Quantashassle (2005)

She may have been having a [bad day], but she was still filled with positivity and knew she was lucky to be [alive] and [breathing]. ❋ Pinkrobot (2010)

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