POSIT

Place

• Affirm

• Allege

• Assert

• Assert as fact

• Assertion

• Assume

• Assume as a fact

• Assume as true

• Assume for argument's sake

• Assume for the sake of argument

• Assume the existence of

• Assume to be true

• Assume true

• Assume without proof

• Conjecture

• Hypothesize

• Lay down as fact

• Postulate

• Presume

• Presuppose

• Propose

• Propose as an explanation

• Propound

• Put

• Put forth

• Put forth a theory

• Put forth as fact

• Put forth, as a question

• Put forth, as a theory

• Put forward

• Put forward an opinion

• Put forward for consideration

• Put forward for study

• Put philosophically

• Question

• Set down

• Set down as fact

• Set firmly

• Situate

• Stipulate

• Suggest

• Suggest for consideration

• Surmise

• Take as a given

• Take for a given

• Take for granted

• Theorize

• Toss out an explanation