hypothesis
Plural: hypotheses
Noun
- a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations
- a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
- "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"
- a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
- A tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem and that can be tested by further observation, investigation, and/or experimentation.
- An assumption taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation.
- The antecedent of a conditional statement.
Origin / Etymology
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, “I set before, suggest”), from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “I put, place”).
Synonyms
conjecture, guess, possibility, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise, theory, ;, assumption, educated guess, foreguess, given, guesstimate, hypothesis, posit, presumption, theory[Appendix:Glossary#broad|broadly]] synonymous>, thesis, working hypothesis
Scrabble Score: 21
hypothesis: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhypothesis: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hypothesis: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary