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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

  1. noun A guess or opinion formed without solid proof.
  2. verb To guess or form an opinion without full proof.

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