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Definitions for hypothesize
haɪˈpɒθ əˌsaɪz, hɪ-hy·poth·e·size

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, supposeverb

    to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

    "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

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  1. hypothesizeverb

    to hypothesise

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  1. hypothesize

    To hypothesize means to form a tentative explanation or supposition about something, which serves as a starting point for further investigation. It involves making an educated guess or assumption that can be tested through research or experiments, serving as a fundamental step in the scientific method.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hypothesize in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hypothesize in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of hypothesize in a Sentence

  1. Wang Min:

    The well-preserved tail feathers in this new fossil bird provide great new information about how sexual selection has shaped the avian tail from their earliest stage, the complexity we see in Yuanchuavis's feathers is related to one of the reasons we hypothesize why living birds are so incredibly diverse, because they can separate themselves into different species just by differences in plumage and differences in song.

  2. Kevin Byrd:

    We hypothesize this is the primary source of virus in saliva.

  3. Nicola Lindson-Hawley:

    We hypothesize that you get it all out of the way in one go [by quitting abruptly]. In the gradual group, because they were put through it in a gradual way, they lost the motivation.

  4. Kenneth Angielczyk:

    Euchambersia has very distinct, large pits on the side of its face that connect to grooves on the canine teeth via a groove above the tooth row, this combination of features in Euchambersia has been used to hypothesize that it may have been venomous, although again we can't be completely certain of this. The groove in Ichibengops shows some similarities to that in Euchambersia, and because they are fairly closely related, we suggested that something similar may have been going on in Ichibengops.

  5. Loren Davis:

    We hypothesize that this may signal a cultural connection between early peoples who lived around the northern Pacific Rim, and that traditional technological ideas spread from northeastern Asia into North America at the end of the last glacial period.

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