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

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

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  2. POSIT: Financial dictionary

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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.
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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