hypothese — meaning in English
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English meaning
- conjecture noun A guess or opinion formed without solid proof.
- hypothesis noun A proposed explanation for something that can be tested through further study or experiment.
Senses
hypothese is used for these senses in English:
- conjecture (formal) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.
- conjecture (mathematics, philology) A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.
- hypothesis (sciences) A tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem and that can be tested by further observation, investigation, and/or experimentation.
- hypothesis (general) An assumption taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation.
- hypothesis (grammar) The antecedent of a conditional statement.
conjecture — full definition
- noun A guess or opinion formed without solid proof.
- verb To guess or form an opinion without full proof.