hypothesis
- noun
- /haɪˈpɒθɪsɪs/
- To find the answer, we need to test our hypothesis with a series of experiments.
- test the hypothesis
- support the hypothesis
- null hypothesis
Weirdly, this would prove that the Riemann hypothesis must be true.
- Weirdly, this would prove that the Riemann hypothesis must be true.
- Well, my hypothesis is that it's content at scale.
- And it looks like our hypothesis is being supported.
- stock market and what I found was that the hypothesis is false.
- The conclusion is true, However, the hypothesis is false.
- And overall I agree with the underlying hypothesis of that.
- Like my first hypothesis is maybe he's colorblind, right?
- From there, he was able to create a hypothesis.
- Have you heard of the brain filter hypothesis?
- So is that, is that clear or is that a hypothesis?
- OK, hypothesis test, you know, see the result.
- So let's be clear on what that hypothesis is.
- So that looks like a battle between competing hypothesis.
- I've I've since come to reconsider that that hypothesis.
Examples
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And how might we test that hypothesis, General?
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And it looks like our hypothesis is being supported.
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Let me give you a really good hypothesis for this conference.
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Well, my hypothesis is that it's content at scale.
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So here is the hypothesis of what could happen.
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OK, so how does this hypothesis play out?
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We decided to test a hypothesis and we went really big.
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So the hypothesis was that maybe they improve diversity.
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And overall I agree with the underlying hypothesis of that.
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Cornelius has developed the most brilliant hypothesis.
Synonyms
An answer or opinion made without enough information
A guess or idea made without enough proof
An idea put forward to be proved
An opinion formed without enough proof, like a guess
An idea that people accept as true without proof
An idea based on little evidence
An idea people accept without proof and use to build an argument
A guess without enough facts
Antonyms
Compounds
An idea that intelligent aliens visited Earth long ago and helped early humans
- Specialized
Equal volumes of different gases at the same temperature and pressure contain the same number of molecules
- Specialized
A theory that the sun and planets formed from a spinning cloud of gas and dust
- Specialized
A theory that says the solar system formed when small space rocks stuck together by gravity
How Supported
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hypothesis comes from Greek parts hypo- 'under' and -thesis 'a placing', and it is related to the word thesis. Think of it as an idea 'placed under' the facts to see if it holds, which is why a hypothesis is a suggested explanation that still needs testing.