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working hypotheses

working hypotheses is the plural of working hypothesis.

Meaning of working hypothesis

Noun

working hypothesis (plural working hypotheses)

  1. A hypothesis that is weakly held, tentatively, as a best guess; such a hypothesis among several plausible ones that is driving or underpinning a scientific team's work at a given time.
    • Among these several hypotheses, the one judged as most likely was our working hypothesis during the autumn semester.

Questions about working hypotheses

What is working hypotheses the plural of?
Working hypotheses is the plural of working hypothesis.

Words near working hypotheses in the dictionary

  1. working groups
  2. working hard or hardly working
  3. working horse
  4. working horses
  5. working hours
  6. working hypotheses
  7. working hypothesis
  8. working in
  9. working into the ground
  10. working knowledge
  11. working language

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