From en.wiktionary.org:
[Postulate]
** English
[2008] [wikipedia]
*** Pronunciation
Noun
- [pŏsʹtyo͝o-lət] [en]
- [pŏsʹchə-lət] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
Adjective
- [pŏsʹtyo͝o-lət] [en]
- [pŏsʹchə-lət] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
Verb
- [pŏsʹtyo͝o-lāt] [en]
- [pŏsʹchə-lāt'] [en]
- [en]
- [pŏsʹchə-lāt'] [en]
- [en]
- [pŏsʹchə-lāt'] [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
[en] From [en] or [en]. Alternatively, a substantivation of [en], [perfect]
[passive] [participle] of [la], see [en] for more. Compare [fr].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. Something assume d without proof as being self-evident or generally accept ed, especially when used as a basis for an argument . Sometimes distinguished from axiom s as being relevant to a particular science or context , rather than universal ly true, and following from other axiom s rather than being an absolute assumption.
2. A fundamental element; a basic principle .
3. [en] An axiom .
4. A requirement ; a prerequisite .
***** Derived terms
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***** Translations
[something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted]
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- Danish: [da] , [da]
- French: [fr]
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- Greek: [el]
- Irish: [ga]
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[trans-bottom]
[fundamental element; basic principle]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- German: [de]
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- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
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- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[logic: an axiom]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
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[requirement, prerequisite]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Russian: [ru]
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- Swedish: [sv]
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*** Etymology 2
From [en], [perfect] [passive] [participle] of [la], see [en] for more.
Compare [fr].
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. To assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom , especially as a basis of an argument .
2. * 1883 , 吴语: Benedictus de Spinoza , translated by R. H. M. Elwes, _Ethics_ , Basa Sunda: Ethics_(Spinoza)/Part_3 , Prop. XXII,
3. *: But this pleasure or pain is POSTULATED to come to us accompanied by the idea of an external cause; [...]
4. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1911 | publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica | title= Basa Sunda: 1911_Encyclopædia_Britannica/Infinite
|passage=[T]he attempt to arrive at a physical explanation of existence led
the Ionian thinkers to POSTULATE various primal elements or simply the
infinite τὸ ἀπειρον.}}
1. [en] To appoint or request one's appointment to an ecclesiastical office.
2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1874 | editor=John Small | title=The Poetical Works of Gavin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld | volume=1 | pageurl=http://books.google.ca/books?id=y-Q0AAAAMAAJ&pg=PR18-IA16&dq=postulated | page=xvi
|passage=[A]lthough Douglas was POSTULATED to it [the Abbacy of Arbroath], and
signed letters and papers under this designation his nomination [...] was
never completed.}}
1. [en] To request , demand or claim for oneself.
***** Derived terms
- [en]
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***** Translations
[to assume as a premise]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it]
- Norwegian: [no] , [no]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[to appoint to an ecclesiastic position]
- French: [fr]
- Italian: [it]
[trans-bottom]
[to request one's appointment to an ecclesiastical office] [trans-bottom]
[to demand or claim]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- French: [fr]
- Greek: [el] , [el]
- Latin: [la]
- Portuguese: [pt]
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*** Etymology 3
From [en], [perfect] [passive] [participle] of [la], see [en] for more.
**** Adjective
[-]
1. Postulated .
2. * [year=1905]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en] [en]
** Italian
*** Pronunciation
[^à]
*** Etymology 1
**** Verb
[it]
1. [it]
*** Etymology 2
**** Participle
[it]
1. [it]
** Latin
*** Pronunciation
- [postulāte]
*** Verb
[la]
1. [la]
** Spanish
*** Verb
[es]
1. [postular]