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English noun: hypothesis | |||
| 1. | hypothesis (communication) a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | proposal | ||
| 2. | hypothesis (cognition) a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena | ||
| Samples | A scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory. He proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices. | ||
| Synonyms | possibility, theory | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | concept, conception, construct | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | assumption, conjecture, framework, gemmule, historicism, hypothetical, model, speculation, supposal, supposition, theoretical account | ||
| Part meronym | theory | ||
| 3. | hypothesis (communication) a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence | ||
| Synonyms | conjecture, guess, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | opinion, view | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | divination | ||
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