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assume as a fact; put forward as a basis of argument.
'the Confucian view posits a perfectible human nature '

put in position; place.
'the Professor posits Cohen in his second category of poets '

a place where someone or something is located or has been put.
'the distress call had given the ship's position '

a particular way in which someone or something is placed or arranged.
'he moved himself into a reclining position '