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Definition of Hypothesise
1. Verb. To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds. "They hypothesise that there was a traffic accident "; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
Specialized synonyms: Construct, Reconstruct, Retrace, Develop, Explicate, Formulate
Generic synonyms: Anticipate, Expect
Derivative terms: Conjecture, Conjecture, Hypothesis, Hypothesis, Hypothesis, Hypothesis, Hypothesis, Speculation, Speculative, Speculator, Supposal, Supposition, Theorisation, Theoriser, Theory, Theory, Theorizer, Theory, Theory
Definition of Hypothesise
1. Verb. (intransitive) To believe or assert on uncertain grounds. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypothesise
Literary usage of Hypothesise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Grammar of Philosophy: A Study of Scientific Method by David Graham (1908)
"hypothesise Berkeleyan " ideas," and whilst experience gives us no hint whatever
... hypothesise Kantian representations, and whilst experience emphatically ..."
2. Economic Models of Tropical Deforestation: A Review by David Kaimowitz, Arild Angelsen (1998)
"Some authors hypothesise that there may be an 'environmental Kuznets curve',
whereby at low levels of development the first effects tend to dominate and ..."
3. Literacy Skills for the World of Tomorrow: Further Results from PISA 2000 by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2003)
"600 hypothesise about an authorial decision by relating evidence in a graph to
the inferred main theme of MULTIPLE GRAPHIC DISPLAYS. ..."
4. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1883)
"Near the beginning of this paper I mentioned that thi touchstone of the truth or
falsehood of the hypothesise! inhibition by interference was to be found in ..."
5. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1891)
"... need we hypothesise about matriarchy as a theory when matriarchy as a fact is
on its trial ? ..."
6. The Elements of Euclid: Viz. the First Six Books, Together with the Eleventh by Euclides (1814)
"... that is, in the triangle ABC, the cosine of the angle ABC is to the radius
as (the cotangent of the hypothesise BC to the cotangent of the side AB, ..."
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