hypothesis (noun)
1hypothesis — ► NOUN (pl. hypotheses) 1) a supposition made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation. 2) Philosophy a proposition made as a basis for reasoning. ORIGIN Greek hupothesis foundation …
2hypothesis — hy‧poth‧e‧sis [haɪˈpɒθss ǁ ˈpɑː ] noun hypotheses PLURALFORM [ siːz] [countable] STATISTICS an idea that can be tested to see if it is true or not: • These results support the hypothesis that individuals are willing to pay more in order to live …
3hypothesis — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ plausible ▪ bold ▪ Scientists have proposed a bold hypothesis. ▪ speculative ▪ alternative, competing …
4hypothesis — noun /haɪˈpɒθɪ̈sɪs/ a) A tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem that can be tested by further observation, investigation and/or …
5hypothesis — I noun assertion, assignment of cause, assumption, conclusion drawn from accepted truths, coniectura, conjecture, deduction, guess, inference, postulate, postulation, speculation, suggestion, supposal, supposition, surmise, tentative explanation …
6hypothesis — noun (plural hypotheses) Etymology: Greek, from hypotithenai to put under, suppose, from hypo + tithenai to put more at do Date: circa 1656 1. a. an assumption or concession made for the sake of argument b. an interpretation of a practical… …
7hypothesis — noun plural hypotheses, 1 (C) an idea that is suggested as a possible way of explaining a situation, proving an idea etc, which has not yet been shown to be true: put forward a hypothesis (=suggest a hypothesis): A number of hypotheses have been… …
8hypothesis — noun his steady state hypothesis of the origin of the universe Syn: theory, theorem, thesis, conjecture, supposition, postulation, postulate, proposition, premise, assumption; notion, concept, idea, possibility …
9null hypothesis — noun Etymology: null (I) : a statistical hypothesis to be tested and accepted or rejected in favor of an alternative; specifically : the hypothesis that an observed difference (as between the means of two samples) is due to chance alone and not… …
10hypothesis */ — UK [haɪˈpɒθəsɪs] / US [haɪˈpɑθəsɪs] noun [countable] Word forms hypothesis : singular hypothesis plural hypotheses UK [haɪˈpɒθəsiːz] / US [haɪˈpɑθəˌsɪz] an idea that attempts to explain something but has not yet been tested or proved to be… …
