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positing

positing is the present participle and gerund of posit.

Meaning of posit

Verb

posit (third-person singular simple present posits, present participle positing, simple past and past participle posited)

  1. To assume the existence of; to postulate.
    • some who posit both this cause and besides this the source of movement, which we have got from some as single and from other as twofold.1908, ARISTOTLE, translated by W. D. Ross, Metaphysics, Book 1, Part 5
  2. To propose for consideration or study; to suggest.
    • Ray's natural theology posited that God was responsible for the near-perfect match between an animal and its environment and encouraged readers to seek evidence for God through the study of nature.2023, Tim Birkhead, Birds and Us, Penguin Books, page 193
  3. To put (something somewhere) firmly; to place or position.
    • Among many Indians, however, an exonormative view, which even today posits British English as the target model, appears to be firmly in place.2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 113

See all 5 meanings of posit

Noun

positing (plural positings)

  1. The process by which one posits.
    • Formulated in this fashion, the phenomenological datum evokes the distinction made earlier between those intendings and positings in which the ego is involved and those in which the ego is not engaged.2012, F. Kersten, Phenomenological Method: Theory and Practice (page 53)

Forms of positing

pluralpositings

Questions about positing

What does positing mean?
Positing means the process by which one posits.
What is positing the present participle and gerund of?
Positing is the present participle and gerund of posit.
What part of speech is positing?
Positing is a noun.
What is the plural of positing?
The plural of positing is positings.

Words near positing in the dictionary

  1. positer
  2. positers
  3. positeth
  4. positif organ
  5. positif organs
  6. positing
  7. positings
  8. position
  9. position argument
  10. position arguments
  11. position issue

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