posit
C2CEFR level
60/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister
General verb
To put forward an idea or premise as a basis for argument or discussion.
The paper posits a causal link between urbanisation and declining fertility.
Business verb
To put forward an idea or theory as a basis for discussion.
The analysis posited that margin erosion stemmed from an outdated distribution network rather than pricing.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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