hypothesis (noun)

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• hypothesis — ► NOUN (pl. hypotheses) 1) a supposition made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation. 2) Philosophy a proposition made as a basis for reasoning. ORIGIN Greek hupothesis foundation …   English terms dictionary

• hypothesis — hy‧poth‧e‧sis [haɪˈpɒθss ǁ ˈpɑː ] noun hypotheses PLURALFORM [ siːz] [countable] STATISTICS an idea that can be tested to see if it is true or not: • These results support the hypothesis that individuals are willing to pay more in order to live …   Financial and business terms

• hypothesis — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ plausible ▪ bold ▪ Scientists have proposed a bold hypothesis. ▪ speculative ▪ alternative, competing …   Collocations dictionary

• hypothesis — noun /haɪˈpɒθɪ̈sɪs/ a) A tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem that can be tested by further observation, investigation and/or …   Wiktionary

• hypothesis — I noun assertion, assignment of cause, assumption, conclusion drawn from accepted truths, coniectura, conjecture, deduction, guess, inference, postulate, postulation, speculation, suggestion, supposal, supposition, surmise, tentative explanation …   Law dictionary

• hypothesis — noun (plural hypotheses) Etymology: Greek, from hypotithenai to put under, suppose, from hypo + tithenai to put more at do Date: circa 1656 1. a. an assumption or concession made for the sake of argument b. an interpretation of a practical… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• hypothesis — noun plural hypotheses, 1 (C) an idea that is suggested as a possible way of explaining a situation, proving an idea etc, which has not yet been shown to be true: put forward a hypothesis (=suggest a hypothesis): A number of hypotheses have been… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• hypothesis — noun his steady state hypothesis of the origin of the universe Syn: theory, theorem, thesis, conjecture, supposition, postulation, postulate, proposition, premise, assumption; notion, concept, idea, possibility …   Thesaurus of popular words

• null hypothesis — noun Etymology: null (I) : a statistical hypothesis to be tested and accepted or rejected in favor of an alternative; specifically : the hypothesis that an observed difference (as between the means of two samples) is due to chance alone and not… …   Useful english dictionary

• hypothesis */ — UK [haɪˈpɒθəsɪs] / US [haɪˈpɑθəsɪs] noun [countable] Word forms hypothesis : singular hypothesis plural hypotheses UK [haɪˈpɒθəsiːz] / US [haɪˈpɑθəˌsɪz] an idea that attempts to explain something but has not yet been tested or proved to be… …   English dictionary

• working hypothesis — noun Etymology: working (I) : a hypothesis adopted as a guide to experiment or investigation or as a basis of action * * * working hypothesis noun An assumption on the basis of which to make plans or take action • • • Main Entry: ↑work …   Useful english dictionary