Meaning & use
Posited
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Put forward or assumed as a fact or basis for argument, as the past tense of 'posit.'
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The researchers posited that climate change was accelerating the spread of the disease.
Early philosophers posited that all matter was composed of four basic elements.
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Common in academic writing to introduce a hypothesis or claim under discussion, without necessarily endorsing it.
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