posit

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posit

/ˈpɒzɪt/ UK
/ˈpɑzɪt/ US
/ˈpɔzɪt/ Australia
/ˈpɒzət/ New Zealand
[ˈpɔ̟zət] New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɒzɪt

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin positus, perfect participle of pōnō (“put, place”). Noun sense 3 (type of number format) was coined by American computer scientist and businessman John Gustafson in 2017.

noun posits

Something that is posited; a postulate.
abbreviation Abbreviation of position
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. With their new hardware implementation, which was synthesized in a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), the Complutense team was able to compare computations done using 32-bit floats and 32-bit posits side by side.

verb posits · positing · posited

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.
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.
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.

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noun postulate

Português	postulado
Français	postulat
Deutsch	Postulat
Русский	постула́т postulát

verb to postulate

Español	deparar
Português	postular
Français	postuler
Deutsch	postulieren
Italiano	sostenere, ipotizzare
Русский	постулировать postulirovatʹ

verb to suggest

Español	plantear, deparar
Português	propor
Français	postuler, avancer, énoncer
Deutsch	postulieren, aufstellen
Русский	предлага́ть predlagátʹ, ста́вить stávitʹ

verb to put firmly

Русский	ста́вить stávitʹ

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@misc{posit_2026,
  title = {posit},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/posit},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}