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A geometry implies the heterogeneity of locus, namely that there is a locus of the Other. Regarding this locus of the Other, of one sex as Other, as absolute Other, what does the most recent development in topology allow us to posit?
Jacques Lacan

Meaning of "posit" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD POSIT

From Latin pōnere to place, position.
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PRONUNCIATION OF POSIT

posit  [ˈpɒzɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POSIT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Posit is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb posit in English.

WHAT DOES POSIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of posit in the English dictionary

The first definition of posit in the dictionary is to assume or put forward as fact or the factual basis for an argument; postulate. Other definition of posit is to put in position. Posit is also a fact, idea, etc, that is posited; assumption.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO POSIT

PRESENT

Present
I posit
you posit
he/she/it posits
we posit
you posit
they posit
Present continuous
I am positing
you are positing
he/she/it is positing
we are positing
you are positing
they are positing
Present perfect
I have posited
you have posited
he/she/it has posited
we have posited
you have posited
they have posited
Present perfect continuous
I have been positing
you have been positing
he/she/it has been positing
we have been positing
you have been positing
they have been positing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I posited
you posited
he/she/it posited
we posited
you posited
they posited
Past continuous
I was positing
you were positing
he/she/it was positing
we were positing
you were positing
they were positing
Past perfect
I had posited
you had posited
he/she/it had posited
we had posited
you had posited
they had posited
Past perfect continuous
I had been positing
you had been positing
he/she/it had been positing
we had been positing
you had been positing
they had been positing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will posit
you will posit
he/she/it will posit
we will posit
you will posit
they will posit
Future continuous
I will be positing
you will be positing
he/she/it will be positing
we will be positing
you will be positing
they will be positing
Future perfect
I will have posited
you will have posited
he/she/it will have posited
we will have posited
you will have posited
they will have posited
Future perfect continuous
I will have been positing
you will have been positing
he/she/it will have been positing
we will have been positing
you will have been positing
they will have been positing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would posit
you would posit
he/she/it would posit
we would posit
you would posit
they would posit
Conditional continuous
I would be positing
you would be positing
he/she/it would be positing
we would be positing
you would be positing
they would be positing
Conditional perfect
I would have posit
you would have posit
he/she/it would have posit
we would have posit
you would have posit
they would have posit
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been positing
you would have been positing
he/she/it would have been positing
we would have been positing
you would have been positing
they would have been positing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you posit
we let´s posit
you posit
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to posit
Past participle
posited
Present Participle
positing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POSIT


closet
ˈklɒzɪt
deposit
dɪˈpɒzɪt
electrodeposit
ɪˌlɛktrəʊdɪˈpɒzɪt
eurodeposit
ˌjʊərəʊdɪˈpɒzɪt
exposit
ɪksˈpɒzɪt
oviposit
ˌəʊvɪˈpɒzɪt
predeposit
ˌpriːdɪˈpɒzɪt
redeposit
ˌriːdɪˈpɒzɪt
reposit
rɪˈpɒzɪt
roset
ˈrɒzɪt
safety-deposit
ˈseɪftɪdɪˌpɒzɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POSIT

posingly
positif
position
position angle
position audit
position effect
position paper
positional
positional notation
positionally
positioning
positive
positive action
positive bending moment
positive discrimination
positive feedback
positive organ
positive polarity
positive prescription
positive thinking

WORDS THAT END LIKE POSIT

bank deposit
besit
certificate of deposit
checkable deposit
checking deposit
demand deposit
follow-up visit
goods in transit
home visit
in transit
mass transit
on deposit
prosit
rapid transit
revisit
safe-deposit
sit
time deposit
transit
visit

Synonyms and antonyms of posit in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «POSIT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «posit» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of posit

Translation of «posit» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POSIT

Find out the translation of posit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of posit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «posit» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

POSIT
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

posit
570 millions of speakers

English

posit
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मंज़ूर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يفترض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

постулировать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

posit
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যথাস্থানে রাখা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

postuler
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Posit
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

postulieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

POSIT
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

멋 부리다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Positip
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thỉnh nguyện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இனப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

धनादेश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

varsaymak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

posit
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

położe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

постулювати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

postuleaza
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τοποθετώ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

poneren
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

posit
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

posit
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of posit

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POSIT»

The term «posit» is quite widely used and occupies the 44.535 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POSIT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about posit

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2 QUOTES WITH «POSIT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word posit.
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Jacques Lacan
A geometry implies the heterogeneity of locus, namely that there is a locus of the Other. Regarding this locus of the Other, of one sex as Other, as absolute Other, what does the most recent development in topology allow us to posit?
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Michael Shermer
The natural inclination in all humans is to posit a force, a spirit, outside of us. That tendency toward superstitious magical thinking is just built into our nature.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POSIT»

Discover the use of posit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to posit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Content-Area Vocabulary Level 5--Base pon-, pos-, posit-
The Latin base pon-, pos-, posit- means “put” or “place.” Students know words from this base, although they may not associate these words with “putting” or “ placing.” For example, when we pose for a picture, we “put” our head and shoulders ...
Timothy Rasinski, Nancy Padak, 2014
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Learning OpenCV: Computer Vision with the OpenCV Library
Now, on to the POSIT function itself. The argument list to cvPOSIT() is different stylistically than most of the other functions we have seen in that it uses the “old style” arguments common in earlier versions of OpenCV.* Here posit_object is just a ...
Gary Bradski, Adrian Kaehler, 2008
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Mental Health Screening and Assessment in Juvenile Justice
Development of the POSIT was also informed by the awareness that many points of agency contact for troubled youths ... BASIC DESCRIPTION The POSIT is a self-administered questionnaire with 139 "yes-no" items, for use with male and ...
Thomas Grisso, Gina Vincent, Daniel Seagrave, 2005
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Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners
At 12:50 P.M., Bob sends an order to buy 400,000 shares in Exxon Mobil to POSIT. POSIT (Portfolio System for Institutional Trading) is an electronic trading system run by Investment Technology Group. POSIT collects buy and sell orders from ...
Larry Harris, 2002
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Principles of Adsorption and Reaction on Solid Surfaces
The position of the ith atom, posit[(i+2)%I8 + 1][j], is the position of the atom to the right of the ith atom, where the % 18 (i.e., modulus 18) is needed to keep track of the periodic boundary conditions. Similarly, the position of the atom to the left of ...
Richard I. Masel, 1996
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JSP PRACTICAL PROGRAM DESIGN
In circumstances such as these, the JSP approach to the problem is backtracking. 11.2 Posit, admit and quit When faced with a situation where it is not certain which is the correct choice, it is necessary to make a decision in order to proceed  ...
K. DUDMAN, 1996
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Multimedia Techniques for Device and Ambient Intelligence
points. Originally the POSIT [24] method for finding the pose of an object from a single view is a combination of two algorithms: i) POS(Pose from Orthography and Scaling) that approximates the perspective projection with scaled orthographic ...
Ernesto Damiani, Jechang Jeong, 2009
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Scalable Uncertainty Management: Third International ...
The set of arguments that can be formed from g/ is Args(tp') = ((m, ip) | ^ C g? and (m, ip) is an argument }. The posit moves that occur after and including the last posit move for the topic are called live moves. Definition 10. For D*, the set of live  ...
Lluis Godo, Andrea Pugliese, 2009
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Statistics in Industry
V. class Posit temp type rep; model thick = temp Posit Posit*temp type temp*type posit*lype posit*temp*type/ddfm = kr: random rep rep*temp rep*posit(temp); Akaike. H. (1974). A new look at the statistical model. Mixed models and repeated ...
Ravindra Khattree, Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao, 2003
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The UK Trader&'s Bible
POSIT; 2. E-Crossnet (founded by Barclays Global Investors and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers); 3. LiquidNet. Portfolio System for Institutional Trading ( POSIT) POSIT is operated by ITG Europe, which was established in 1998. ITG calls ...
Dominic Connolly, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POSIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term posit is used in the context of the following news items.
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State fills new deputy Nevada superintendent position
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - State officials have filled a high-ranking new education department position authorized by the Nevada Legislature. «Washington Times, Jul 15»
2
MN Appeals Court rejects challenge to required DUI test
... the search-incident-to-arrest exception, I write separately to posit that the test refusal statute may well violate the unconstitutional-conditions ... «Minnesota Public Radio News, Jul 15»
3
10 Secrets Hidden Inside Of Five Nights At Freddy's 4
There are some people who say these items mean you must be in a coma, and everything happening inside of the house isn't real. Others posit ... «Kotaku Australia, Jul 15»
4
Scientists explore what it would be like to live on Earth's 'cousin'
NASA (CBS News) - Scientists posit that, despite its similarities to Earth, living on our planet's larger cousin Kepler-452b, would be an alien ... «WeAreGreenBay.com, Jul 15»
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Professional Development: Facility Executive As Polymath
I posit it is the facility executive who displays the attributes of the modern day polymath. There is no polymathic composite for success; therein ... «Facility Executive Magazine, Jul 15»
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High-Elevation Fires on the Rise in Sierra Nevada
Purely an observational study, the researchers posit a few hypotheses regarding the uptick in fires at higher elevations. Due to forest fire ... «R & D Magazine, Jul 15»
7
State of Mental Health Services in Chicago
That sobriquet is depressingly accurate considering conservative estimates posit one in three inmates have some form of mental illness. «The Chicago Monitor, Jul 15»
8
S'South, S'East Back Ekweremadu
... any police to investigate regarding the Senate Elections of9th June 2015, and posit, without prejudice to any legal position taken by the FGN, ... «Daily Times Nigeria, Jul 15»
9
Sergey Kovalev Scores Knockout in Trunks with Tulammo Logo
Gun-rights advocates posit that the subscription channel follows other broadcasters in attempting to block weapons-related advertising. Fox, for ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
10
Like Vanakkam, Namaste too can make waves in city
The response to the change has been surprisingly posit ive, s ay s R J Vikram, who feels the shift is organic and much needed as it gives ... «Times of India, Jul 15»

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