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noun
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- Something that is posited; a postulate.
- (aviation) Abbreviation of position.
- (computing) 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.
- (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
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- The act of postulating or something postulated.
- (logic) Something self-evident that can be assumed as the basis of an argument.
- a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
- (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument
verb
- To make a premise.
- To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.
- To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows.
- To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
- furnish with a preface or introduction
- take something as preexisting and given
- set forth beforehand, often as an explanation
noun
- (authorship) The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.
- (usually in the plural, law) Matters previously stated or set forth; especially, that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.
- (usually in the plural) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts.
- (logic) Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
- A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
- a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
noun
- (rhetoric) Assumptio.
- The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
- The taking of a person up into heaven.
- The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
- A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
- The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
- (logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
- audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
- the act of assuming or taking for granted
- the act of taking possession of or power over something
- a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
- a hypothesis that is taken for granted
verb
- express a supposition
- speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- have or contain a certain wording or form
- indicate
- recite or repeat a fixed text
- state as one's opinion or judgement; declare
- report or maintain
- utter aloud
- express in words
- communicate or express nonverbally
- (transitive) To indicate in a written form.
- (informal, imperative, transitive) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
- (intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
- (transitive, informal, of a possession, especially money) To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker.
- (transitive) To pronounce.
- (transitive) To recite.
- (transitive) To tell, either verbally or in writing.
- To try; to assay.
- (impersonal, transitive) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
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- express a supposition
- expect, believe, or suppose
- to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
- require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
- take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand
- (transitive) To theorize or hypothesize.
- (transitive) To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.
- (transitive, intransitive) To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
- (transitive) To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
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- (transitive) To cause or generate; to bring about.
- (transitive, chemistry) To isolate (a substance) from a compound; to extract.
- (transitive) To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop.
- (transitive) To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.
- deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
- develop or evolve from a latent or potential state
noun
- A proposition arrived at by such thought.
- Reasoning, conscious deliberate inference; the activity or process of reasoning.
- Thought or reasoning that is exact, valid and rational.
- logical and methodical reasoning
- the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)
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- The condition upon which something is presumed.
- The belief of something based upon reasonable evidence, or upon something known to be true.
- The act of presuming, or something presumed.
- (law) An inference that a trier of fact is either permitted or required to draw under certain factual circumstances (as prescribed by statute or case law) unless the party against whom the inference is drawn is able to rebut it with admissible, competent evidence.
- audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
- a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming
- an assumption that is taken for granted
- (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed
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- marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
- having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere
- concerning things deeply private and personal
- having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship
- thoroughly acquainted through study or experience
- used euphemistically to refer to the genitals
- involved in a sexual relationship
- innermost or essential
- Of or involved in a sexual relationship.
- Closely acquainted; familiar.
- Personal; private.
- Pertaining to details that require great familiarity to know
- Very finely mixed.
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- imply as a possibility
- drop a hint; intimate by a hint
- call to mind
- make a proposal, declare a plan for something
- (transitive) To explicitly mention (something) as a possibility for consideration, often to recommend it.
- (transitive) To cause one to suppose (something); to bring to one's mind the idea (of something).
- (transitive) To imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something).
verb
- To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
- (music) To embellish.
- (intransitive) To enter into; to be a part of.
- (chiefly US, intransitive) To be reasonable or predictable.
- To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
- (chiefly US) To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
- (transitive) To represent in a picture or drawing.
- (chiefly US) To come to understand.
- (music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
- To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
- understand
- make a mathematical calculation or computation
- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
- be or play a part of or in
- judge to be probable
noun
- A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
- The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
- The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
- A shape.
- A number, an amount.
- (astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
- (music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
- Any complex dance moveᵂ.
- (logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
- A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
- A numeral.
- A drawing or diagram conveying information.
- A figure of speech.
- (music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
- A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
- a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating
- a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
- language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
- a well-known or notable person
- a decorative or artistic work
- the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground
- an amount of money expressed numerically
- the impression produced by a person
- one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration
- a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape
- a model of a bodily form (especially of a person)
verb
- imply or suggest
- kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion
- proceed or get along
- succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
- try to establish
- have sexual intercourse with
- write all the required information onto a form
- make out and issue
- detect with the senses
- distinguish by sight or hearing
- (transitive, intransitive) To represent; to make (something) appear to be true.
- (slang, chiefly US, intransitive) To make an (often temporary) home.
- (slang, chiefly US, intransitive) To embrace and kiss passionately.
- (transitive) To draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a cheque). [with to ‘a given recipient, payee’]
- (now chiefly US, regional, intransitive) To manage, get along; to do (well, badly etc.).
- (slang, originally US, intransitive, nonstandard, rare) To engage in heavy petting or sexual intercourse.
- (transitive) To discern; to manage to see, hear etc.
- (slang, chiefly US, intransitive) To get along with (someone).
noun
- (logic) A modal proposition.
- (fabric) A semi-synthetic fabric, a very soft kind of rayon textile made from beech tree pulp and processed with chemicals.
- (grammar) A modal verb.
- (graphical user interface) A modal window, one that cannot be closed until a decision is made.
- (linguistics) A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary.
- an auxiliary verb (such as ‘can’ or ‘will’) that is used to express modality
adj
- Of, or relating to a mode or modus.
- (graphical user interface) Requiring immediate user interaction and thus presented so that it cannot be closed or interacted behind until a decision is made.
- (music) Of, relating to, or composed in the musical modi by which an octave is divided, associated with emotional moods in Ancient — and in medieval ecclesiastical — music.
- (computing) Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.
- (logic) Of, or relating to the modality between propositions.
- (metaphysics) Relating to the form of a thing rather to any of its attributes.
- (of music, by extension) In a mode which is not major or minor scale, the standard modes used in the Western musical tradition.
- (statistics) Relating to the statistical mode.
- (grammar) Of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause.
- relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
- relating to or expressing the mood of a verb
- of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode
verb
- (transitive) To assume; to suppose.
- (transitive) To believe in something created by one's own mind, often something false.
- (transitive, Internet slang, rhetorical, sarcastic) Used to mock an idea by suggesting that it is ridiculous or ill thought through.
- (transitive) To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
- (intransitive) To use one's imagination.
- (transitive) To conjecture; to guess.
- expect, believe, or suppose
- form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
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- To infer.
- (grammar, ergative) To admit of grammatical analysis.
- (transitive) To translate.
- (transitive) To interpret (something) to another or publicly, explain the meaning of (something, usually language).
- (transitive) To understand (something) as meaning, to take to mean.
- (grammar, transitive) To analyze the grammatical structure of a clause or sentence; to parse.
- make sense of; assign a meaning to
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- (mathematics) The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.
- (chiefly in the plural) Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.
- (logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p→q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent.
- (logic) The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true.
- Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
- (grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun or other pro-form.
- An ancestor.
- a preceding occurrence or cause or event
- the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- anything that precedes something similar in time
verb
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
- To suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
- expect, believe, or suppose
- guess correctly; solve by guessing
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
- To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
- To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.
- (colloquial) To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".
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- an obstacle on a golf course
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
- The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss.
- (in driving a vehicle) An obstacle or other feature that presents a risk or danger that justifies the driver in taking action to avoid it.
- (programming) A problem with the instruction pipeline in CPU microarchitectures when the next instruction cannot execute in the following clock cycle, potentially leading to incorrect results.
- (tennis) The side of the court into which the ball is served.
- An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally.
- (golf) A sand or water obstacle on a golf course.
- (historical) A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes; popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c.
- Chance.
- (billiards) The act of potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
verb
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- make believe with the intent to deceive
- state insincerely
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
- (transitive) To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.).
- (intransitive with 'to', formal, originally transitive) To lay claim (to an ability, status, advantage, etc.).
- To engage in make-believe.
- (intransitive or with 'that' clause or 'to' infinitive) To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
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- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
- proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
- put at risk
- (transitive) To put or send on a venture or chance.
- (transitive) To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
- (transitive) To undertake a risky or daring journey.
- (transitive) To risk or offer.
- (intransitive, with at or on) To dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success.
- (transitive) To say something; to offer an opinion.
noun
- a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit
- any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
- an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
- A risky or daring undertaking or journey.
- The thing risked; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
- An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen.
verb
- To presume; to venture.
- (transitive) To have (some statement) in one's mind; to say to oneself mentally.
- (intransitive) To conceive of something or someone [with of; or (rare) with on]
- (transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
- To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).
- (informal, used to show obviousness or agreement) Ellipsis of think so.
- (transitive) To guess; to reckon; to believe while admittedly being uncertain.
- (intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
- (transitive) To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
- (obsolete except in methinks) To seem, to appear.
- expect, believe, or suppose
- be capable of conscious thought
- bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation
- judge or regard; look upon; judge
- focus one's attention on a certain state
- have in mind as a purpose
- dispose the mind in a certain way
- imagine or visualize
- decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting
- have or formulate in the mind
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
- use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
- ponder; reflect on, or reason about
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- postulate positively and assertively
- state categorically
- insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized
- to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
- To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
- To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
- (reflexive) To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.
- (programming) To declare that a condition or expression must be true at a certain point in the source code (in some cases causing the program to fail if it is not, as a safeguard).
- To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to.
- (electronics) To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.
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- postulate positively and assertively
- be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
- beg persistently and urgently
- (sometimes with (that + subjunctive) or intransitive, with on or upon) To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it.
- (with (that + indicative) or intransitive, with on or upon) To hold up a claim emphatically.
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- having a point
- direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant
- (comparable) Having a relevance to the matter at hand: pertinent, relevant.
- (topology, algebraic topology, of a topological space) That has a named, but otherwise arbitrary, point (called the basepoint) that remains unchanged during subsequent discussion and is kept track of during all operations.
- (in combination) Having a certain number of points.
- (not comparable) In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities.
- (comparable, of a comment or inference) Directed negatively at a person or topic.
- (comparable) Sharp, barbed; not dull.
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- (intransitive) To consider the possibility (of).
- (intransitive) To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.
- (transitive) To envision as an imaginary experience (usually when asleep).
- (intransitive) To daydream.
- (intransitive) To hope, to wish.
- experience while sleeping
- have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
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- (countable, figurative) A hope or wish.
- A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy.
- (countable) Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
- a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)
- imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
- a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
- a cherished desire
- someone or something wonderful
- a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality
verb
- (transitive) In the phrase beg the question: to assume.
- (transitive) To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.
- (transitive or intransitive) To obviously lack or be in need of something.
- (transitive, proscribed) In the phrase beg the question: to raise (a question).
- (intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
- (transitive) To unwillingly provoke a negative, often violent, reaction.
- call upon in supplication; entreat
- make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
- ask to obtain free
- dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted
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- (figurative) A possibility.
- (immigration) An entry point.
- (figurative) A barrier.
- Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
- (architecture) A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.
- (metonymic, chiefly in the plural) A building with a door, especially a house.
- The proceeds from entrance fees and/or ticket sales at a venue such as a bar or nightclub, especially in relation to portion paid to the entertainers.
- (figurative) A means of approach or access.
- a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
- anything providing a means of access (or escape)
- a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road)
- the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
- a room that is entered via a door
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- a proposition deducible from basic postulates
- an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth
- (logic) A syntactically correct expression that is deducible from the given axioms of a deductive system.
- (mathematics) A mathematical statement of some importance that has been proven to be true. Minor theorems are often called propositions. Theorems which are not very interesting in themselves but are an essential part of a bigger theorem's proof are called lemmas.
- (mathematics, colloquial, nonstandard) A mathematical statement that is expected to be true.
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- A questioning.
- An inquest.
- An inquiry or investigation into the truth of some matter.
- (sometimes) Such an investigation that is asserted to be persecutory by its adversaries.
- The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry.
- a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals)
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- Something that is posited; a postulate.
- (aviation) Abbreviation of position.
- (computing) 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.
- (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
verb
noun
- The act of postulating or something postulated.
- (logic) Something self-evident that can be assumed as the basis of an argument.
- a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
- (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument
noun
- (rhetoric) Assumptio.
- The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
- The taking of a person up into heaven.
- The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
- A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
- The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
- (logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
- audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
- the act of assuming or taking for granted
- the act of taking possession of or power over something
- a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
- a hypothesis that is taken for granted
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- (transitive) To cause or generate; to bring about.
- (transitive, chemistry) To isolate (a substance) from a compound; to extract.
- (transitive) To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop.
- (transitive) To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.
- deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
- develop or evolve from a latent or potential state
noun
- A proposition arrived at by such thought.
- Reasoning, conscious deliberate inference; the activity or process of reasoning.
- Thought or reasoning that is exact, valid and rational.
- logical and methodical reasoning
- the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)
noun
- The condition upon which something is presumed.
- The belief of something based upon reasonable evidence, or upon something known to be true.
- The act of presuming, or something presumed.
- (law) An inference that a trier of fact is either permitted or required to draw under certain factual circumstances (as prescribed by statute or case law) unless the party against whom the inference is drawn is able to rebut it with admissible, competent evidence.
- audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
- a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming
- an assumption that is taken for granted
- (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed
noun
- (logic) A modal proposition.
- (fabric) A semi-synthetic fabric, a very soft kind of rayon textile made from beech tree pulp and processed with chemicals.
- (grammar) A modal verb.
- (graphical user interface) A modal window, one that cannot be closed until a decision is made.
- (linguistics) A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary.
- an auxiliary verb (such as ‘can’ or ‘will’) that is used to express modality
adj
- Of, or relating to a mode or modus.
- (graphical user interface) Requiring immediate user interaction and thus presented so that it cannot be closed or interacted behind until a decision is made.
- (music) Of, relating to, or composed in the musical modi by which an octave is divided, associated with emotional moods in Ancient — and in medieval ecclesiastical — music.
- (computing) Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.
- (logic) Of, or relating to the modality between propositions.
- (metaphysics) Relating to the form of a thing rather to any of its attributes.
- (of music, by extension) In a mode which is not major or minor scale, the standard modes used in the Western musical tradition.
- (statistics) Relating to the statistical mode.
- (grammar) Of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause.
- relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
- relating to or expressing the mood of a verb
- of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode
noun
- (figurative) A possibility.
- (immigration) An entry point.
- (figurative) A barrier.
- Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
- (architecture) A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.
- (metonymic, chiefly in the plural) A building with a door, especially a house.
- The proceeds from entrance fees and/or ticket sales at a venue such as a bar or nightclub, especially in relation to portion paid to the entertainers.
- (figurative) A means of approach or access.
- a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
- anything providing a means of access (or escape)
- a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road)
- the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
- a room that is entered via a door
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noun
- a proposition deducible from basic postulates
- an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth
- (logic) A syntactically correct expression that is deducible from the given axioms of a deductive system.
- (mathematics) A mathematical statement of some importance that has been proven to be true. Minor theorems are often called propositions. Theorems which are not very interesting in themselves but are an essential part of a bigger theorem's proof are called lemmas.
- (mathematics, colloquial, nonstandard) A mathematical statement that is expected to be true.
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- A questioning.
- An inquest.
- An inquiry or investigation into the truth of some matter.
- (sometimes) Such an investigation that is asserted to be persecutory by its adversaries.
- The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry.
- a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals)
verb
- To make a premise.
- To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.
- To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows.
- To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
- furnish with a preface or introduction
- take something as preexisting and given
- set forth beforehand, often as an explanation
noun
- (authorship) The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.
- (usually in the plural, law) Matters previously stated or set forth; especially, that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.
- (usually in the plural) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts.
- (logic) Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
- A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
- a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
noun
- Something that is posited; a postulate.
- (aviation) Abbreviation of position.
- (computing) 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.
- (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
verb
verb
- express a supposition
- speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- have or contain a certain wording or form
- indicate
- recite or repeat a fixed text
- state as one's opinion or judgement; declare
- report or maintain
- utter aloud
- express in words
- communicate or express nonverbally
- (transitive) To indicate in a written form.
- (informal, imperative, transitive) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
- (intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
- (transitive, informal, of a possession, especially money) To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker.
- (transitive) To pronounce.
- (transitive) To recite.
- (transitive) To tell, either verbally or in writing.
- To try; to assay.
- (impersonal, transitive) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
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- express a supposition
- expect, believe, or suppose
- to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
- require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
- take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand
- (transitive) To theorize or hypothesize.
- (transitive) To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.
- (transitive, intransitive) To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
- (transitive) To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
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adj
- marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
- having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere
- concerning things deeply private and personal
- having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship
- thoroughly acquainted through study or experience
- used euphemistically to refer to the genitals
- involved in a sexual relationship
- innermost or essential
- Of or involved in a sexual relationship.
- Closely acquainted; familiar.
- Personal; private.
- Pertaining to details that require great familiarity to know
- Very finely mixed.
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- imply as a possibility
- drop a hint; intimate by a hint
- call to mind
- make a proposal, declare a plan for something
- (transitive) To explicitly mention (something) as a possibility for consideration, often to recommend it.
- (transitive) To cause one to suppose (something); to bring to one's mind the idea (of something).
- (transitive) To imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something).
verb
- To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
- (music) To embellish.
- (intransitive) To enter into; to be a part of.
- (chiefly US, intransitive) To be reasonable or predictable.
- To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
- (chiefly US) To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
- (transitive) To represent in a picture or drawing.
- (chiefly US) To come to understand.
- (music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
- To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
- understand
- make a mathematical calculation or computation
- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
- be or play a part of or in
- judge to be probable
noun
- A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
- The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
- The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
- A shape.
- A number, an amount.
- (astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
- (music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
- Any complex dance moveᵂ.
- (logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
- A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
- A numeral.
- A drawing or diagram conveying information.
- A figure of speech.
- (music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
- A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
- a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating
- a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
- language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
- a well-known or notable person
- a decorative or artistic work
- the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground
- an amount of money expressed numerically
- the impression produced by a person
- one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration
- a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape
- a model of a bodily form (especially of a person)
verb
- imply or suggest
- kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion
- proceed or get along
- succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
- try to establish
- have sexual intercourse with
- write all the required information onto a form
- make out and issue
- detect with the senses
- distinguish by sight or hearing
- (transitive, intransitive) To represent; to make (something) appear to be true.
- (slang, chiefly US, intransitive) To make an (often temporary) home.
- (slang, chiefly US, intransitive) To embrace and kiss passionately.
- (transitive) To draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a cheque). [with to ‘a given recipient, payee’]
- (now chiefly US, regional, intransitive) To manage, get along; to do (well, badly etc.).
- (slang, originally US, intransitive, nonstandard, rare) To engage in heavy petting or sexual intercourse.
- (transitive) To discern; to manage to see, hear etc.
- (slang, chiefly US, intransitive) To get along with (someone).
verb
- (transitive) To assume; to suppose.
- (transitive) To believe in something created by one's own mind, often something false.
- (transitive, Internet slang, rhetorical, sarcastic) Used to mock an idea by suggesting that it is ridiculous or ill thought through.
- (transitive) To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
- (intransitive) To use one's imagination.
- (transitive) To conjecture; to guess.
- expect, believe, or suppose
- form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
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verb
- To infer.
- (grammar, ergative) To admit of grammatical analysis.
- (transitive) To translate.
- (transitive) To interpret (something) to another or publicly, explain the meaning of (something, usually language).
- (transitive) To understand (something) as meaning, to take to mean.
- (grammar, transitive) To analyze the grammatical structure of a clause or sentence; to parse.
- make sense of; assign a meaning to
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verb
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
- To suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
- expect, believe, or suppose
- guess correctly; solve by guessing
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
- To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
- To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.
- (colloquial) To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".
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noun
- an obstacle on a golf course
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
- The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss.
- (in driving a vehicle) An obstacle or other feature that presents a risk or danger that justifies the driver in taking action to avoid it.
- (programming) A problem with the instruction pipeline in CPU microarchitectures when the next instruction cannot execute in the following clock cycle, potentially leading to incorrect results.
- (tennis) The side of the court into which the ball is served.
- An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally.
- (golf) A sand or water obstacle on a golf course.
- (historical) A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes; popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c.
- Chance.
- (billiards) The act of potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
verb
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- make believe with the intent to deceive
- state insincerely
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
- (transitive) To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.).
- (intransitive with 'to', formal, originally transitive) To lay claim (to an ability, status, advantage, etc.).
- To engage in make-believe.
- (intransitive or with 'that' clause or 'to' infinitive) To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
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noun
verb
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
- proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
- put at risk
- (transitive) To put or send on a venture or chance.
- (transitive) To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
- (transitive) To undertake a risky or daring journey.
- (transitive) To risk or offer.
- (intransitive, with at or on) To dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success.
- (transitive) To say something; to offer an opinion.
noun
- a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit
- any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
- an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
- A risky or daring undertaking or journey.
- The thing risked; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
- An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen.
verb
- To presume; to venture.
- (transitive) To have (some statement) in one's mind; to say to oneself mentally.
- (intransitive) To conceive of something or someone [with of; or (rare) with on]
- (transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
- To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).
- (informal, used to show obviousness or agreement) Ellipsis of think so.
- (transitive) To guess; to reckon; to believe while admittedly being uncertain.
- (intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
- (transitive) To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
- (obsolete except in methinks) To seem, to appear.
- expect, believe, or suppose
- be capable of conscious thought
- bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation
- judge or regard; look upon; judge
- focus one's attention on a certain state
- have in mind as a purpose
- dispose the mind in a certain way
- imagine or visualize
- decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting
- have or formulate in the mind
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
- use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
- ponder; reflect on, or reason about
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- postulate positively and assertively
- state categorically
- insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized
- to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
- To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
- To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
- (reflexive) To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.
- (programming) To declare that a condition or expression must be true at a certain point in the source code (in some cases causing the program to fail if it is not, as a safeguard).
- To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to.
- (electronics) To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.
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verb
- postulate positively and assertively
- be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
- beg persistently and urgently
- (sometimes with (that + subjunctive) or intransitive, with on or upon) To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it.
- (with (that + indicative) or intransitive, with on or upon) To hold up a claim emphatically.
verb
- (intransitive) To consider the possibility (of).
- (intransitive) To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.
- (transitive) To envision as an imaginary experience (usually when asleep).
- (intransitive) To daydream.
- (intransitive) To hope, to wish.
- experience while sleeping
- have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
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noun
- (countable, figurative) A hope or wish.
- A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy.
- (countable) Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
- a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)
- imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
- a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
- a cherished desire
- someone or something wonderful
- a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality
verb
- (transitive) In the phrase beg the question: to assume.
- (transitive) To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.
- (transitive or intransitive) To obviously lack or be in need of something.
- (transitive, proscribed) In the phrase beg the question: to raise (a question).
- (intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
- (transitive) To unwillingly provoke a negative, often violent, reaction.
- call upon in supplication; entreat
- make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
- ask to obtain free
- dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted
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- express a supposition
- speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- have or contain a certain wording or form
- indicate
- recite or repeat a fixed text
- state as one's opinion or judgement; declare
- report or maintain
- utter aloud
- express in words
- communicate or express nonverbally
- (transitive) To indicate in a written form.
- (informal, imperative, transitive) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
- (intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
- (transitive, informal, of a possession, especially money) To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker.
- (transitive) To pronounce.
- (transitive) To recite.
- (transitive) To tell, either verbally or in writing.
- To try; to assay.
- (impersonal, transitive) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
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- (mathematics) The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.
- (chiefly in the plural) Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.
- (logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p→q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent.
- (logic) The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true.
- Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
- (grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun or other pro-form.
- An ancestor.
- a preceding occurrence or cause or event
- the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- anything that precedes something similar in time
adj
- having a point
- direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant
- (comparable) Having a relevance to the matter at hand: pertinent, relevant.
- (topology, algebraic topology, of a topological space) That has a named, but otherwise arbitrary, point (called the basepoint) that remains unchanged during subsequent discussion and is kept track of during all operations.
- (in combination) Having a certain number of points.
- (not comparable) In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities.
- (comparable, of a comment or inference) Directed negatively at a person or topic.
- (comparable) Sharp, barbed; not dull.