hypothesis
Nouns
- (n) a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations
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(n) a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
- a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory
- he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices
- (n) a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence guess, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise, conjecture,