Перевод: со всех языков на все языки

со всех языков на все языки

postulate (noun)

См. также в других словарях:

  • postulate — I noun assertion, assumed truth, assumption, axiom, conjecture, foundation, hypothesis, premise, speculation, starting point, statement, suggestion, sumptio, supposal, supposition, surmise, theorem, thesis, truism II verb advance, assume,… …   Law dictionary

  • postulate — ► VERB 1) suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of (something) as a basis for reasoning or belief. 2) nominate or elect to an ecclesiastical office subject to the sanction of a higher authority. ► NOUN ▪ a thing postulated. DERIVATIVES… …   English terms dictionary

  • postulate — (v.) early 15c. (implied in postulation), nominate to a church office, from M.L. postulatus, pp. of postulare to ask, demand, probably formed from pp. of L. poscere ask urgently, demand, from *posk to , Italic inchoative of PIE root *prek to ask… …   Etymology dictionary

  • postulate — I UK [ˈpɒstjʊleɪt] / US [ˈpɑstʃəˌleɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms postulate : present tense I/you/we/they postulate he/she/it postulates present participle postulating past tense postulated past participle postulated formal to claim or imagine… …   English dictionary

  • postulate — 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 pṛcchati he asks more at pray Date: 1593 1. demand, claim 2. a. to as …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • postulate — postulates, postulating, postulated (The verb is pronounced [[t]pɒ̱stʃʊleɪt[/t]]. The noun is pronounced [[t]pɒ̱stʃʊlət[/t]].) 1) VERB If you postulate something, you suggest it as the basis for a theory, argument, or calculation, or assume that… …   English dictionary

  • postulate — pos|tu|late1 [ pastʃə,leıt ] verb transitive FORMAL to claim or imagine that something is true or that it exists ╾ pos|tu|la|tion [ ,pastʃə leıʃn ] noun count or uncount postulate pos|tu|late 2 [ pastʃə,leıt ] noun count FORMAL an idea that is an …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • postulate — [16] The noun postulate originally meant ‘demand, request’. It was an anglicization of postulātum, a noun use of the past participle of postulāre ‘demand, request’. It was used in the mid 17th century by mathematicians and logicians for a… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • postulate — [16] The noun postulate originally meant ‘demand, request’. It was an anglicization of postulātum, a noun use of the past participle of postulāre ‘demand, request’. It was used in the mid 17th century by mathematicians and logicians for a… …   Word origins

  • postulate — 1. noun /ˈpɒs.tjʊ.lət,ˈpɒs.tjʊ.leɪt,ˈpɑs.tʃə.lət ,ˈpɑs.tjə.lət,ˈpɑs.tʃə.leɪt ,ˈpɑs.tjə.leɪt/ a) Something assumed without proof as being self evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument. b) A fundamental… …   Wiktionary

  • postulate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. proposition, axiom, supposition; hypothesis, premise; fact, datum. v. suppose, surmise, theorize, hypothesize. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. posit, hypothesize, presume, predicate; see assume 1 , guess 1 ,… …   English dictionary for students

Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное

Прямая ссылка:
Нажмите правой клавишей мыши и выберите «Копировать ссылку»