hypothesis

/haɪˈpɑːθəsɪs/

nounhy · poth · e · sis

Think: “HIGH-POTH-uh-sis” — your idea is high up on a pedestal, but you still have to test it.

Yes, it's hypothesis. Remember the middle is **poth** (like “pothole”) and the ending is **-sis** (not **-cis** or **-ses**).

Definitions

  1. nounA proposed explanation or educated guess that can be tested by observation or experiment.
  2. nounA tentative assumption made as a starting point for further reasoning or investigation.

Examples

  • “Her hypothesis was that plants grow faster with more sunlight.”
  • “The scientist tested his hypothesis by repeating the experiment three times.”
  • “Our hypothesis changed after we collected more data from the survey.”

Synonyms

theoryproposalassumptionsuppositionconjecture

Antonyms

factcertainty

Translations

ES hipótesisPT hipóteseFR hypothèse

Common misspellings

hipothesishypothisishypotheseshypothasishypothosishypothesushypothethishypotheis

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