Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

positing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English

Syllables: posit-ing
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of posit

noun

The process by which one posits.

Example Sentences

"Formulated in this fashion, the phenomenological datum evokes the distinction made earlier between those intendings and positings in which the ego is involved and those in which the ego is not engaged."

Inflected Forms

positings (plural)

Questions

What does positing mean?: present participle and gerund of posit

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