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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryhy·poth·e·sis \hī-ˈpä-thə-səs\ noun (plural hy·poth·e·ses \-ˌsēz\) ETYMOLOGY Greek, from hypotithenai to put under, suppose, from hypo- + tithenai to put — more at do DATE circa 16561. a. an assumption or concession made for the sake of argument b. an interpretation of a practical situation or condition taken as the ground for action2. a tentative assumption made in order to draw out and test its logical or empirical consequences3. the antecedent clause of a conditional statementSynonyms. hypothesis, theory, law mean a formula derived by inference from scientific data that explains a principle operating in nature. hypothesis implies insufficient evidence to provide more than a tentative explanation a hypothesis explaining the extinction of the dinosaurs theory implies a greater range of evidence and greater likelihood of truth the theory of evolution law implies a statement of order and relation in nature that has been found to be invariable under the same conditions the law of gravitationEnglish Etymologyhypothesis 1590s, from M.Frhttp://M.Fr. hypothese, from L.L. hypothesis, from Gk.hypothesis "base, basis of an argument, supposition," lit. "a placing under," from hypo- "under" (see sub-) + thesis "a placing, proposition" (see thesis). A term in logic; narrower scientific sense is from 1640s.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7hypothesishy·poth·esis / hai5pCWEsis; NAmE -5pB:W- / noun(pl. hy·poth·eses / -si:z / )1. [C] an idea or explanation of sth that is based on a few known facts but that has not yet been proved to be true or correct (有少量事实依据但未被证实的)假说,假设 SYN theory : to formulate / confirm a hypothesis 提出/证实假设 a hypothesis about the function of dreams 关于梦的作用的假说 2. [U] guesses and ideas that are not based on certain knowledge (凭空的)猜想,猜测 SYN speculation : It would be pointless to engage in hypothesis before we have the facts. 在我们还没掌握事实的情况下瞎猜是毫无意义的。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishhypothesis noun ADJ. acceptable, plausible | bold Scientists have proposed a bold hypothesis. | unlikely | speculative | testable | working These observations appear to support our working hypothesis. | scientific VERB + HYPOTHESIS construct, form, formulate, have, make, propose, put forward, suggest It is possible to make a hypothesis on the basis of this graph. A number of hypotheses have been put forward. | consider, discuss, examine, test (out) using this data to test her hypothesis | confirm, prove, support | accept | reject None of the hypotheses can be rejected at this stage. VERB + HYPOTHESIS concern sth Her hypothesis concerns the role of electromagnetic radiation. | predict sth The hypothesis predicts that children will perform better on task A than on task B. PREP. on a/the ~ Her study is based on the hypothesis that language simplification is possible. | ~ about an interesting hypothesis about the development of language | ~ on The results confirmed his hypothesis on the use of modal verbs. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Editionn. Function: noun Synonyms: THEORY 1, supposalWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgedhy·poth·e·sis\hīˈpäthəsə̇s\ noun(plural hypothe·ses \-əˌsēz\)Etymology: Latin, from Greek, from hypotithenai to suppose, propose, put under, from hypo- + tithenai to place, put — more at do1. : a proposition tentatively assumed in order to draw out its logical or empirical consequences and so test its accord with facts that are known or may be determined < it appears, then, to be a condition of the most genuinely scientific hypothesis that it be … of such a nature as to be either proved or disproved by comparison with observed facts — J.S.Mill > < most of the great unifying conceptions of modern science are working hypotheses — Bernard Bosanquet >2. a. : an assumption or concession made for the sake of argument b. : an interpretation of a practical situation or condition taken as the ground for action3. : the antecedent clause in a conditional statement4. : a hypothetical relation : the conditioning of one thing by another

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