hypothesis
Syllables: hy·po·the·sisUK/haɪˈpɒθɪsɪs/[haɪˈpʰɑθəsɪs]
hypothesis noun: a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem and that can be tested by further observation, investigation, or experimentation.
Noun
hypothesis (plural hypotheses)
- A tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem and that can be tested by further observation, investigation, or experimentation.
- This hypothesis goes by many names, including group resistence, the threshold effect, and the gender paradox. Because the hypothesis holds such wide appeal, it is worth revisiting the logic behind it. The hypothesis is built on the factual observation that fewer females than males act antisocially.2001 September 27, Terrie E. Moffitt, Avshalom Caspi, Michael Rutter, Phil A. Silva, Sex Differences in Antisocial Behaviour: Conduct Disorder, Delinquency, and Violence in the Dunedin Longitudinal...
- Far too many of us have been taught in school that a scientist, in the course of trying to figure something out, will first come up with a "hypothesis" (a guess or surmise—not necessarily even an "educated" guess). ... [But t]he word "hypothesis" should be used, in science, exclusively for a...2005, Ronald H. Pine, http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/intelligent_design_or_no_model_creationism, 15 October 2005
- An assumption taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation.
- Synonyms:
- educated guess, guess, supposition, conjecture, thesis, theory[Appendix:Glossary, assumption, foreguess, given, hunch
- The antecedent of a conditional statement.
hypothesis meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
hypothesis in Hindi
- tentative conjecture in science
- परिकल्पना parikalpanā
hypothesis in Tamil
- கருதுகோள், எடுகோள், புனைவுகோள், புனை கொள்கை, மேலாய்வுப் புனைக்கருத்து, கற்பிதம்
hypothesis in Urdu
- tentative conjecture in science
- فَرْضِیَہ farziya
hypothesis in Bengali
- tentative conjecture in science
- অনুকল্প onukolpo
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- hypothesis in Telugu
- పక్షము pakṣamu
- hypothesis in Malayalam
- അഭ്യൂഹം abhyūhaṁ
- hypothesis in Kannada
- ಗೆತ್ತುದು, ಗಿರುಗೆ, ತಾರ್ಕಿಕವಾಗಿ ಸಾಧಿಸಬೇಕಾದ ಕಲ್ಪಿತ ಸಿದ್ಧಾಂತ, ಊಹಾಪೋಹ
- hypothesis in Gujarati
- પૂર્વધારણા, હાયપોથેસિસ
- hypothesis in Sinhala
- උපන්යාසය, හිතළුව
- hypothesis in Nepali
- हाइपोथिसिस
- hypothesis in Pashto
- فرضيه farzya
- hypothesis in Tagalog
- palagayin, ipotesis
- hypothesis in Arabic
- فَرْضِيَّة farḍiyya
- hypothesis in Malay
- hipotesis
- hypothesis in Indonesian
- hipotesis
- hypothesis in Thai
- สมมุติฐาน sǒm-mút-dtì-tǎan
- hypothesis in Vietnamese
- giả thuyết, giả thiết, giả định
Examples of hypothesis in a sentence
- I cannot square the results of the experiment with my hypothesis.
- Based on the scientific data, I give credence to this hypothesis.
- The Riemann hypothesis has deep implications about the distribution of prime numbers.
Synonyms of hypothesis
- educated guess
- guess
- supposition
- conjecture
- thesis
- theory[Appendix:Glossary
- assumption
- foreguess
- given
- hunch
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Forms of hypothesis
| plural | hypotheses |
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Origin of hypothesis
Recorded since 1596, from Middle French hypothese, from Late Latin hypothesis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόθεσις (hupóthesis, “base, basis of an argument, supposition”, literally “a placing under”), itself from ὑποτίθημι (hupotíthēmi, “to set before, suggest”), from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place”). Compare hypothec.
Words formed from hypothesis
- alternative hypothesis
- aquatic ape hypothesis
- Avogadro's hypothesis
- berserker hypothesis
- conspiracy hypothesis
- continuum hypothesis
- cosmic censorship hypothesis
- counterhypothesis
- critical brain hypothesis
- dark forest hypothesis
- documentary hypothesis
- efficient market hypothesis
- ergodic hypothesis
- expectations hypothesis
- Fisher hypothesis
- five-minute hypothesis
- Gaia hypothesis
- generalized continuum hypothesis
- God hypothesis
- Griesbach hypothesis
- Habakkuk hypothesis
- hypothesise
- hypothesist
- hypothesize
- hypothetic
- hypothetical
- hypothetically
- induction hypothesis
- inductive hypothesis
- interface hypothesis
- just-world hypothesis
- level-ordering hypothesis
- mafia hypothesis
- Medea hypothesis
- Monro-Kellie hypothesis
- multihypothesis
- null hypothesis
- Omphalos hypothesis
- Out of India hypothesis
- ovulatory shift hypothesis
- permanent income hypothesis
- Prout's hypothesis
- Purple Earth hypothesis
- Rare Earth hypothesis
- Red Queen hypothesis
- Riemann hypothesis
- Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
- Schinzel's hypothesis H
- sexy son hypothesis
- simulation hypothesis
- subhypothesis
- swaddling hypothesis
- swoon hypothesis
- Thomson's hypothesis
- trickle down hypothesis
- trickle-down hypothesis
- Wellhausen's hypothesis
- working hypothesis
- zombie hypothesis
Phrases with hypothesis
Words that rhyme with hypothesis
Questions about hypothesis
- What does hypothesis mean?
- Hypothesis means a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem and that can be tested by further observation, investigation, or experimentation.
- What is hypothesis in Hindi?
- Hypothesis in Hindi is परिकल्पना (parikalpanā). See Hypothesis meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hypothesis?
- Hypothesis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hypothesis?
- Hypothesis is pronounced /haɪˈpɒθɪsɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of hypothesis?
- The plural of hypothesis is hypotheses.
Words near hypothesis in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hypothesis (page history and authors); hypothesis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); పక్షము (Telugu) (page history and authors); അഭ്യൂഹം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); hypothesis (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hypothesis (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hypothesis (Sinhala Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hypothesis (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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