Definition of "posits" [posits]

• Plural form of posit. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of posit. (verb)

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• "Darwin posits that they evolved from a common ancestor through a process that resembles the rest of the diagram."
• "The "unity" the critic posits is not a global unity that exhausts the work's formal or thematic possibilities but could be simply a "strain or strand" that does give the text coherence whenshown to connect it's particulars in a satisfying way."
• "For all their pseudo - idolization of Ronald Reagan, they ignore one of his main posits; "do no harm to others in the party""