Posit vs Assumption - What's the difference?
posit | assumption |
2) Started by USAF Fighter pilots when needing to know the position of a wingman. I.e. Lead pilot would say "2-posit" and #2 would reply: "5 o'clock high". Also in use in commercial airlines. Some pilots respond "cleared into posit and hold" when cleared on to the runway.
Assume the existence of; to postulate.
* 1908 : ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics . Translated by .
Propose for consideration or study; to suggest.
Put (something somewhere) firmly.
The act of assuming]], or taking to or upon one's self; the act of [[take up, taking up or adopting.
The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
* {{quote-journal, year=1976, author=, title=The Journal of Aesthetic Education, Volume 10
, passage=No doubt a finite evaluative argument must make some unargued evaluative assumptions, just as finite factual arguments must make some unargued factual assumptions.}}
(logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
The taking of a person up into heaven.
A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
(rhetoric) Assumptio.
As nouns the difference between posit and assumption
is that posit is something that is posited; a postulate while assumption is the act of assuming]], or taking to or upon one's self; the act of [[take up|taking up or adopting.As a verb posit
is assume the existence of; to postulate.posit
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Usage notes
* (for meaningVerb
(en verb)- 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.
Anagrams
*assumption
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(Webster 1913)Noun
(en noun)- His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.
- Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.
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