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   Hy·poth·e·sis

   /hīˈpäTHəsəs/

   

   noun

   • 1. a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation: "professional astronomers attacked him for popularizing an unconfirmed hypothesis"
   • ▪ a proposition made as a basis for reasoning, without any assumption of its truth: "the hypothesis that every event has a cause"

   Word Origin late 16th century: via late Latin from Greek hupothesis ‘foundation’, from hupo ‘under’ + thesis ‘placing’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. hypothesist noun

   Scrabble Points: 21

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