hypothesis
pronunciation
How to pronounce hypothesis in British English:
UK [haɪˈpɒθəsɪs]
How to pronounce hypothesis in American English:
US [haɪˈpɑːθəsɪs]
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- Noun:
- a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations
- a tentative theory about the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
- a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
Word Origin
- hypothesis (n.)
- 1590s, from Middle French hypothese and directly from Late Latin hypothesis, from Greek hypothesis "base, basis of an argument, supposition," literally "a placing under," from hypo- "under" (see sub-) + thesis "a placing, proposition" (see thesis). A term in logic; narrower scientific sense is from 1640s.
Example
- 1. My hypothesis will be tested in the year ahead .
- 2. Psychologists have a theory called the facial-feedback hypothesis .
- 3. If their findings do not fit the hypothesis being tested , the work never sees the light of day .
- 4. It makes sense , but it 's only a hypothesis .
- 5. I am merely raising it as a hypothesis .