Hypothesis

What do we mean by hypothesis?

A tentative explanation for an observation, phenomenon, or scientific problem that can be tested by further investigation. noun

Something taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation; an assumption. noun

The antecedent of a conditional statement. noun

A condition; that from which something follows: as, freedom is the hypothesis of democracy.

A proposition assumed and taken for granted, to be used as a premise in proving something else; a postulate.

A supposition; a judgment concerning an imaginary state of things, or the imaginary state of things itself concerning whose consequences some statement is made or question is asked; the antecedent of a conditional proposition; the proposition disproved by reductio ad absurdum.

The conclusion of an argument from consequent and antecedent; a proposition held to be probably true because its consequences, according to known general principles, are found to be true; the supposition that an object has a certain character, from which it would necessarily follow that it must possess other characters which it is observed to possess.

An ill-supported theory; a proposition not believed, but whose consequences it is thought desirable to compare with facts.

A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point in question; something not proved, but assumed for the purpose of argument, or to account for a fact or an occurrence. noun

A tentative theory or supposition provisionally adopted to explain certain facts, and to guide in the investigation of others; hence, frequently called a working hypothesis. noun

See under Nebular. noun

Used loosely, a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem that can be tested by further observation, investigation and/or experimentation. As a scientific term of art, see the attached quotation. Compare to theory, and quotation given there. noun

An assumption taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation. noun

The antecedent of a conditional statement. noun

A tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena noun

A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence noun

A proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations noun

Used loosely, a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem that can be tested by further observation, investigation and/or experimentation. As a scientific term of art, see the attached quotation. Compare to theory, and quotation given there.

(general) An assumption taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation.

(grammar) The antecedent of a conditional statement.

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