postulate – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to postulate
Participle: postulated
Gerund: postulating

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

I	postulate
you	postulate
he;she;it	postulates
we	postulate
you	postulate
they	postulate

Perfect

I	have postulated
you	have postulated
he;she;it	has postulated
we	have postulated
you	have postulated
they	have postulated

Past

I	postulated
you	postulated
he;she;it	postulated
we	postulated
you	postulated
they	postulated

Pluperfect

I	had postulated
you	had postulated
he;she;it	had postulated
we	had postulated
you	had postulated
they	had postulated

Future

I	will postulate
you	will postulate
he;she;it	will postulate
we	will postulate
you	will postulate
they	will postulate

Future Perfect

I	will have postulated
you	will have postulated
he;she;it	will have postulated
we	will have postulated
you	will have postulated
they	will have postulated

Subjunctive

Present

I	postulate
you	postulate
he;she;it	postulate
we	postulate
you	postulate
they	postulate

Perfect

I	have postulated
you	have postulated
he;she;it	have postulated
we	have postulated
you	have postulated
they	have postulated

Imperfect

I	postulated
you	postulated
he;she;it	postulated
we	postulated
you	postulated
they	postulated

Pluperfect

I	had postulated
you	had postulated
he;she;it	had postulated
we	had postulated
you	had postulated
they	had postulated

Conditional

Present

I	would postulate
you	would postulate
he;she;it	would postulate
we	would postulate
you	would postulate
they	would postulate

Perfect

I	would have postulated
you	would have postulated
he;she;it	would have postulated
we	would have postulated
you	would have postulated
they	would have postulated

Imperative

you	postulate
we	Let's postulate
you	postulate

Indicative

Present

I	am postulating
you	are postulating
he;she;it	is postulating
we	are postulating
you	are postulating
they	are postulating

Perfect

I	have been postulating
you	have been postulating
he;she;it	has been postulating
we	have been postulating
you	have been postulating
they	have been postulating

Past

I	was postulating
you	were postulating
he;she;it	was postulating
we	were postulating
you	were postulating
they	were postulating

Pluperfect

I	had been postulating
you	had been postulating
he;she;it	had been postulating
we	had been postulating
you	had been postulating
they	had been postulating

Future

I	will be postulating
you	will be postulating
he;she;it	will be postulating
we	will be postulating
you	will be postulating
they	will be postulating

Future Perfect

I	will have been postulating
you	will have been postulating
he;she;it	will have been postulating
we	will have been postulating
you	will have been postulating
they	will have been postulating

Conditional

Present

I	would be postulating
you	would be postulating
he;she;it	would be postulating
we	would be postulating
you	would be postulating
they	would be postulating

Perfect

I	would have been postulating
you	would have been postulating
he;she;it	would have been postulating
we	would have been postulating
you	would have been postulating
they	would have been postulating

Verbs conjugated like 'postulate'

abacinate, abalienate, abase, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, abduce, aberrate, aberuncate, abirritate, abjudge, abjudicate, abjugate, abjure, ablactate, ablaqueate, able, ablegate, abligate, abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'postulate'

pustulate, expostulate, fistulate, osculate, populate, postdate, postdilate, postillate, aestuate, æstuate,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to deem something true without verification or proof: arread, assume, conject, conjecture, daresay, dope, go out on a limb, guess, guesstimate, hypothesize, imagine, infer, overhope, posit, presume, reckon, speculate, suppose, suspect, take a stab at, take something as read, ween
assume: suppose, conjecture, presume, theorize, posit, predicate, speculate, infer
ask: beg, entreat, implore, beseech, solicit, plead, supplicate, request

Antonyms

assume: relinquish, surrender, concede
ask: refuse, reject, deny, decline

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. 1433 (implied in postulation), "nominate to a church office," from M.L. postulatus, pp. of postulare "to ask, demand," probably formed from pp. of L. poscere "ask urgently, demand," from *posk-to-, Italic inchoative of PIE base *prek- "to ask questions" (cf. Skt. prcchati, Avestan peresaiti "interrogates," O.H.G. forskon, Ger. forschen "to search, inquire"). Use in logic dates from 1646, borrowed from M.L. The noun is first recorded 1588.
2. From Latin postulātus, perfect passive participle of postulō (“to request”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more. Cognate with French postuler. See: French 'postuler'.

Verbs referencing "postulate"

Ido postular, Finnish with old forms postuloida.

Sample Sentences

1883, Benedictus de Spinoza, translated by R. H. M. Elwes, Ethics, Part 3, Prop. XXII,
But this pleasure or pain is postulated to come to us accompanied by the idea of an external cause; […]
[T]he attempt to arrive at a physical explanation of existence led the Ionian thinkers to postulate various primal elements or simply the infinite τὸ ἀπειρον. [1911, Infinite, Encyclopædia Britannica:]
[A]lthough Douglas was postulated to it [the Abbacy of Arbroath], and signed letters and papers under this designation his nomination […] was never completed. [1874, John Small, editor, The Poetical Works of Gavin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld, volume 1, page xvi:]

postulate – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of postulate

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'postulate'

Verbs similar to 'postulate'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Verbs referencing "postulate"

Sample Sentences