Postulate



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 假定; 要求
• ［英］ v. 假定 ( to assume or claim; presume) ; 要求 ( demand, claim)
• ［类］ 反义词: deny as false ( 作为假的否认)
• ［记］ postul ( 放) +ate -> 放出观点 -> 假定;
• ［同］ 参考: expostulate ( 告诫, 警告)

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb (-lated; -lating)

• Etymology: Latin postulatus, past participle of postulare; akin to Latin poscere to ask, Old High German forscōn to search, Sanskrit p?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)
• ? postulation noun
• ? postulational adjective

II. noun

• Etymology: Medieval Latin postulatum, from neuter of postulatus, past participle of postulare to assume, from Latin, to demand
• Date: 1646
• 1. a hypothesis advanced as an essential presupposition, condition, or premise of a train of reasoning
• 2. axiom 3

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