postulate
verb
• suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of (something) as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief.
• "his theory postulated a rotatory movement for hurricanes"
Similar:
put forward,
suggest,
advance,
posit,
hypothesize,
take as a hypothesis,
propose,
assume,
presuppose,
suppose,
presume,
predicate,
take for granted,
theorize,
• (in ecclesiastical law) nominate or elect (someone) to an ecclesiastical office subject to the sanction of a higher authority.
• "the chapter was then allowed to postulate the bishop of Bath"
postulate
noun
• a thing suggested or assumed as true as the basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief.
• "perhaps the postulate of Babylonian influence on Greek astronomy is incorrect"
Origin:
late Middle English (in postulate (sense 2 of the verb)): from Latin postulat- ‘asked’, from the verb postulare .
