HYPOTHESIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypothesize mean? 

• HYPOTHESIZE (verb)
  The verb HYPOTHESIZE has 1 sense:

1. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

  Familiarity information: HYPOTHESIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPOTHESIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they hypothesize    ... he / she / it hypothesizes   
Past simple: hypothesized   
Past participle: hypothesized   
-ing form: hypothesizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

conjecture; hypothecate; hypothesise; hypothesize; speculate; suppose; theorise; theorize

Context example:

Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps

Hypernyms (to "hypothesize" is one way to...):

anticipate; expect (regard something as probable or likely)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hypothesize"):

construct; reconstruct; retrace (reassemble mentally)

develop; explicate; formulate (elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sentence example:

They hypothesize that there was a traffic accident

Derivation:

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

hypothesis (a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence)

hypothesis (a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations)

 Context examples 

The formation of such complexes was initially hypothesized to occur primarily via effector protein binding to the BCR complex itself.

(BCR Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The researchers didn’t study why the difference occurred, but hypothesize that it may be related to stress response.

(Social interaction affects cancer patients’ response to treatment, National Institutes of Health)

It is hypothesized that postsynaptic Ca2+ increases generated through NMDA receptors activate several signal transduction pathways including the Erk/MAP kinase and cAMP regulatory pathways.

(Long-Term Potentiation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

For close to a century, researchers have hypothesized that the universe contains more matter than can be directly observed, known as "dark matter".

(There May Be No Dark Matter, Dark Energy in Universe, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The researchers hypothesized that, in resilient animals, runaway excitatory currents trigger a boost in inhibitory currents, resulting in normal mood-related behaviors.

(Self-tuning neurons promote resilience to stress, depression, NIH)

That's the scenario scientists have hypothesized.

(Rocks at asteroid impact site record first day of dinosaur extinction, National Science Foundation)

The authors had initially hypothesized the lava itself would cause an increase in microbes that rely on iron and phosphates by directly supplying them with those nutrients.

(Scientists report skyrocketing phyotplankton population in aftermath of Kīlauea eruption, Wikinews)

The team thus hypothesized that the tight-fitting nucleus might be pulled forward like a piston by actomyosin contractions to pressurize the front of the cell and form lobopodia.

(New Mechanism of Cell Movement Revealed, NIH)

The researchers hypothesize, therefore, that emissions from the flights could settle into the moats and become DBC.

(Antarctic lakes are a repository for ancient soot, NSF)

Researchers have hypothesized that versatility in protein function is achievable by stringing together well-folded proteins with IDPs—rather like pearl necklaces.

(Biomaterial Artificial Protein Helps Heal Tissue, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)