Usually means: Formulate a theory or supposition.
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  1. hypothesize: Merriam-Webster
  2. hypothesize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hypothesize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hypothesize: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hypothesize: Vocabulary.com
  6. hypothesize: Wordnik
  7. hypothesize: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. hypothesize: Wiktionary
  9. hypothesize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. hypothesize: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. hypothesize: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. hypothesize: Dictionary.com
  13. hypothesize: Rhymezone
  14. hypothesize: FreeDictionary.org
  15. hypothesize: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. hypothesize: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. hypothesize: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hypothesize: Legal dictionary

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  1. hypothesize: Idioms

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▸ verb:  (ambitransitive) To assume or assert tentatively on uncertain grounds.

Similar:
suppose, speculate, conjecture, theorize, hypothecate, theorise, hypothetize, hypothetise, surmise, presume, more...

Opposite:
verify, prove, confirm, substantiate

Types:
theorize, speculate, postulate, guess, estimate, more...

Phrases:
when you hypothesize, more...

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Similar:
suppose, speculate, conjecture, theorize, hypothecate, theorise, hypothetize, hypothetise, surmise, presume, more...

Opposite:
verify, prove, confirm, substantiate

Types:
theorize, speculate, postulate, guess, estimate, more...

Phrases:
when you hypothesize, more...

Colors:
    silver,     gray,     white,     light blue,     teal, more...



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