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(rare, dated) Something, particularly a clause or conjunction, which is adversative.
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(mathematics) A mathematical assumption used to describe a certain phenomenon, posited in order to help provisionally solve an equation or other problem.
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(philosophy) A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved.
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(grammar) A phrase or clause that acts as a concession, such as "even if" or "although".
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A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
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(grammar) Expressing a condition or supposition.
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(grammar) A form of the verb used to signify that something is contingent upon the outcome of something else.
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(Bayesian statistics) An updating of one's belief state based on new information
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(logic, historical) An exposition or setting out; used by Aristotle in setting forth various proofs, though the nature of the process is disputed; perhaps simply writing out in letter notation.
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A by and large statement, a maxim, an argument that is intended to be generally true and not apply to every case universally.
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A basic, foundational proposition or assumption that cannot be deduced from any other proposition or assumption.
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(of an argument) That reasons from the value of a method or principle that has been shown by experimental investigation to be a useful aid in learning, discovery and problem-solving.
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(grammar) The antecedent of a conditional statement.
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(philosophy) conditional; contingent upon some hypothesis/antecedent
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(rhetoric) A dogmatic and unproved proposition or dictum that is accepted solely on the authority of someone who is known to have asserted it.
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A conditional statement in the indicative mood.
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Something that is posited; a postulate.
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Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument. Sometimes distinguished from axioms as being relevant to a particular science or context, rather than universally true, and following from other axioms rather than being an absolute assumption.
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A person who postulates something as the basis of an argument.
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Of the nature of a postulate.
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(transitive, originally US) to base (on); to assert on the grounds of.
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A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
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A statement that makes a presupposition.
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(logic) The anticipation of an objection to an argument.
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(countable, mathematics) An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
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(logic, grammar) A subordinate clause, usually introduced by if, that asserts the relevance of the clause to the main clause of the sentence, but not that it entails the main clause; a construction involving such a clause.
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(philosophy) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
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(logic) An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis.
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