Hypothesize Meaning
/haɪˈpɒθ.ɪ.saɪz/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo assume or assert tentatively on uncertain grounds.
Sentence Examples
I can only hypothesize that he came here for the necklace.
Please read the manual and hypothesize 3 possible outcomes.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The scientist will ____ that temperature changes likely cause the reaction.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Researchers often ____ about the potential outcomes of an experiment before they begin the actual data collection.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English hypothesis Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English hypothesize From hypothesis + -ize.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"When hormones signal breast cells to divide more rapidly, scientists hypothesize, they increase breast cancer risk by causing precancerous or cancerous cells to multiply."
— 1996, Public Health Reports, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Health Resources Administration:
"Census response is thus a reasonable proxy for civicminded attitudes and cooperation that are hypothesized to improve governmental performance."
— 2000, Stephen F. Knack, Social Capital and the Quality of Government: Evidence from the United States, page 11:
"Dahood hypothesizes an occurrence of a verb rihham ('to conceive, enwomb')"
— 2007, John Goldingay, David Payne, Isaiah 40-55 Vol 2: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary, Continuum International Publishing Group, →ISBN:
"I don’t dispute that some cases of this sort—involving a subject who differentially doubts what, pretheoretically, we would take to be one and the same thought-content, entertained twice—might be best described by hypothesizing a difference in content."
— 2007 December 29, Sanford Goldberg, “Must Differences in Cognitive Value be Transparent?”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 2, →DOI:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The scientist will ____ that temperature changes likely cause the reaction.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Researchers often ____ about the potential outcomes of an experiment before they begin the actual data collection.