Tra từ postulate - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

I - noun

(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
posit
• Derivationally related forms:
posit (for: posit)
• Topics:
logic
• Hypernyms:
proposition
• Hyponyms:
Bayes' postulate, premise, premiss, assumption

II - verb

1. maintain or assert (Freq. 3)
- He contended that Communism had no future
• Syn:
contend
• Derivationally related forms:
contention (for: contend)
• Hypernyms:
claim
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
2. take as a given;
assume as a postulate or axiom (Freq. 1)
- He posited three basic laws of nature
• Syn:
posit
• Derivationally related forms:
posit (for: posit), position (for: posit), postulation, postulator
• Hypernyms:
presuppose, suppose
• Hyponyms:
insist, assert
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
3. require as useful, just, or proper
- It takes nerve to do what she did
- success usually requires hard work
- This job asks a lot of patience and skill
- This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice
- This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert
- This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent
• Syn:
necessitate, ask, need, require, take,
involve, call for, demand
• Ant:
obviate (for: necessitate)
• Derivationally related forms:
demand (for: demand), requirement (for: require), need (for: need), necessity (for: necessitate)
• Hyponyms:
claim, take, exact, govern, draw,
cost, cry out for, cry for, compel
• Verb Group:
claim, take, exact
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE (for: require)
- It ----s that CLAUSE (for: require)
- It ----s that CLAUSE (for: necessitate)