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postulate

Postulate means to claim, demand or assert something as truth. (verb)

  1. An example of postulate is to require equality.
  2. An example of postulate is to defend the existence of God.

A postulate is something accepted as truth and used as the basis for for an argument or theory. (noun)

An example of postulate is the fact that the world is not flat to support the argument of strong scientific development over the centuries.

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See postulate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See postulate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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