Word

postulate, v.
(postulated, postulates, postulating)
freq. cnt. 4

maintain or assert
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 3

contend postulate

sample sentences

"He contended that Communism had no future"

verb frames

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

verb frames

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

contention

semantic pointers

hypernym

claim

take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

posit postulate

sample sentences

"He posited three basic laws of nature"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

postulation postulate postulator

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

position posit

semantic pointers

hypernym

presuppose, suppose

hyponym

insist, assert

require as useful, just, or proper
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 342 freq. cnt.: 144 freq. cnt.: 110 freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 21 freq. cnt.: 21 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 12

ask call for demand involve necessitate need postulate require take

sample sentences

"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"