What does "postulated" mean?

simple past and past participle of postulate

What is a synonym for "postulated"?

Common synonyms include: alleged, assumed, given, granted, inferred, presumed.

Postulated

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simple past and past participle of postulate form-of, participle, past

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alleged assumed given granted inferred presumed

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"By the 23rd century, the Transplantation Theory, which postulated that alien genes were combined with human genes during prehistory, ameliorated the already established Evolution Theory of humanity."

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