hypothesize
verb/haɪˈpɒθəsaɪz/
/haɪˈpɑːθəsaɪz/
(British English also hypothesise)
[transitive, intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they hypothesize | /haɪˈpɒθəsaɪz/ /haɪˈpɑːθəsaɪz/ |
| he / she / it hypothesizes | /haɪˈpɒθəsaɪzɪz/ /haɪˈpɑːθəsaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple hypothesized | /haɪˈpɒθəsaɪzd/ /haɪˈpɑːθəsaɪzd/ |
| past participle hypothesized | /haɪˈpɒθəsaɪzd/ /haɪˈpɑːθəsaɪzd/ |
| -ing form hypothesizing | /haɪˈpɒθəsaɪzɪŋ/ /haɪˈpɑːθəsaɪzɪŋ/ |
- hypothesize (something) | hypothesize that… to suggest a way of explaining something when you do not definitely know about it; to form a hypothesis
- The causes can be hypothesized but not proved.
- We can only hypothesize that the cases we know about are typical.
- Let us try to hypothesize a particular market situation.
- There are particular problems that arise when hypothesizing about the origins of the universe.
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