Usually means: Assert as a basis of reasoning.
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  1. posit: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. posit: Merriam-Webster
  3. posit: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. posit: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. posit: Collins English Dictionary
  6. posit: Vocabulary.com
  7. Posit, posit: Wordnik
  8. posit: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. posit: Wiktionary
  10. posit: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. posit: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. posit: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. POSIT, posit: Dictionary.com
  14. posit: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Posit (number format), Posit: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Posit: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. posit: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. posit: Rhymezone
  19. Posit: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. posit: FreeDictionary.org
  21. posit: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. posit: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. posit-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. posit: Legal dictionary
  2. POSIT: Financial dictionary

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  1. POSIT: Encyclopedia

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  1. POSIT: Acronym Finder

(Note: See posited as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Something that is posited; a postulate.
noun:  (computing) A number format representing a real number consisting of a sign bit, a variable-size "regime" part (which modifies the exponent), up to two exponent bits, and a fraction part, proposed as a more efficient alternative to IEEE 754 floats in AI applications.
verb:  To assume the existence of; to postulate.
verb:  To propose for consideration or study; to suggest.
verb:  To put (something somewhere) firmly; to place or position.
noun:  (aviation) Abbreviation of position. [A place or location.]

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