postulate
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
Types & categories
- proposition hypernym
- Bayes' postulate hyponym
- assumption hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
maintain or assert
He contended that Communism had no future
Types & categories
- claim hypernym
Related & opposite
- contention derivation
Sense 3 verb
take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
He posited three basic laws of nature
Types & categories
- presuppose hypernym
- insist hyponym
Related & opposite
- position derivation
- postulation derivation
- postulate derivation
- postulator derivation
Sense 4 verb
require as useful, just, or proper
It takes nerve to do what she did
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | postulate |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | logic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | proposition |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Bayes' postulate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | assumption |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | contention |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | claim |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | position |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | postulation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | postulate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | postulator |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | presuppose |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | insist |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | obviate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | requirement |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | essential |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | need |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | need |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | necessity |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | exact |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | exact |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | govern |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | draw |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cost |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cry out for |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | compel |