to hypothesize
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7.2
- verb
- /haɪˈpɑːθəˌsaɪz/
- US
- The authors hypothesized that older adults exert more listening effort compared to young adults.
- hypothesized increase
- hypothesized function
- hypothesized effect
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Watch on YouTubePeople are hypothesizing he's going to pass away.
- People are hypothesizing he's going to pass away.
- He took what was hypothesized, the materials that could work.
- We, you know, we can we hypothesize up to a point.
- Well, OK, so maybe we should hypothesize that there's there's a method to this madness.
- So, so you, we, we hypothesize that maybe all galaxies have black holes.
- And people hypothesize that that song was about Taylor Swift.
- People are hypothesizing that Nessa was in the room with you during the last BFFS.
- She was always quite guarded in, in kind of, you know, guesstimating or, or hypothesising.
- Is it reasonable to hypothesize that mental processes could affect cancer progression?
- And he was able to show that that system was not able to do something that Hilbert had hypothesized, so he disproved it.
- So we take the causal dynamics of physics, we hypothesize that that's filled out with certain forms of consciousness.
Examples
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So what might you hypothesize from this projection?
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Before conducting the experiment, the researchers will hypothesize possible outcomes.
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No one was willing to hypothesize how the oil got there.
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Is it reasonable to hypothesize that mental processes could affect cancer progression?
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Pupils then hypothesize what will happen to the crushed tissue paper.
Academic text (2011) -
Scientists hypothesize that sex makes up for its shortcomings with long term gains.
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We hypothesize that adolescents with higher perceived school assets will be less likely to report substance use.
Academic text (2011) -
In addition to various emergent themes, it was hypothesized that certain themes would become apparent based on the initial research questions.
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We hypothesized that HIV-positive women would have lower childbearing intentions than HIV-negative women.
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Scientists often hypothesize new theories based on preliminary data.
Synonyms
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2.7
To think something is true without clear proof
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4.8
To think about possible reasons or outcomes when there are not enough facts
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6.1
Form an idea to explain why something happens with little proof
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7.5
To suggest that something is true to explain facts
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7.6
To form an opinion without enough proof
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4.9
To show that something is likely true because of evidence
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9.9
Suggest a possible explanation without strong evidence
Antonyms
How Certain
Surface Forms
Morphology
hypothesize = hypothesis (transparent) = hypothesis + ize
The verb is regularly formed by adding the productive suffix '-ize' to the noun 'hypothesis', so the meaning 'to form or propose a hypothesis' follows directly.
Etymology
Hypothesize comes from the parts hypo- meaning 'under' and thesis meaning 'a placing' or 'something put down', and it shares the same thesis as the school word thesis. So, to hypothesize is to suggest a possible explanation that you will test.