posit

verb

pos·​it ˈpä-zət 

posited ˈpä-zə-təd 

ˈpäz-təd

; positing ˈpä-zə-tiŋ 

ˈpäz-tiŋ

transitive verb

1

: to dispose or set firmly : fix

2

: to assume or affirm the existence of : postulate

3

: to propose as an explanation : suggest

Examples of posit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Instead, the team posits, the erythrulose might have formed from glycolaldehyde and ethylene glycol—two molecules that were also found in the cloud and that each had a pair of carbon atoms. — Damien Pine, Scientific American, 13 July 2026

The Information posited, while noting that since 2020, Meta’s Reality Lab division has lost $87 billion chasing metaverse pipe dreams. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026

The French writer Jules Verne predicted, in 1902, that the newspaper would permanently displace the novel; the Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset posited, twenty-three years later, that the great literary themes had been all but exhausted. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 July 2026

Acemoglu and Autor posit that, instead, a decline in younger populations drove companies to invest in labor-saving technologies. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 7 July 2026

Word History

Etymology

Latin positus, past participle of ponere

First Known Use

1645, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for posit

• closet
• composite
• deposit
• nanocomposite
• oviposit