hypothesis
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1. a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena (noun.cognition)
hypernym | : | concept, conception, construct, |
definition | : | an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances (noun.cognition) |
hyponym | : | hypothetical, |
definition | : | a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc. (noun.cognition) |
hyponym | : | gemmule, |
definition | : | the physically discrete element that Darwin proposed as responsible for heredity (noun.cognition) |
hyponym | : | conjecture, speculation, |
definition | : | a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence) (noun.cognition) |
hyponym | : | historicism, |
definition | : | a theory that social and cultural events are determined by history (noun.cognition) |
part meronym | : | theory, |
definition | : | a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena (noun.cognition) |
2. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence (noun.communication)
hypernym | : | opinion, view, |
definition | : | a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | divination, |
definition | : | successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck (noun.communication) |
3. a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations (noun.communication)
hypernym | : | proposal, |
definition | : | something proposed (such as a plan or assumption) (noun.communication) |
4. a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena (noun.cognition)
derivation | : | theoretic, theoretical, |
definition | : | concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations (adj.all) |
5. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence (noun.communication)
derivation | : | surmise, |
definition | : | infer from incomplete evidence (verb.cognition) |
derivation | : | guess, hazard, pretend, venture, |
definition | : | put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | say, suppose, |
definition | : | express a supposition (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | surmise, suspect, |
definition | : | imagine to be the case or true or probable (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | speculate, |
definition | : | talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion (verb.communication) |
6. a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations (noun.communication)
7. a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena (noun.cognition)
derivation | : | theoretic, theoretical, |
definition | : | concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations (adj.all) |
8. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence (noun.communication)
derivation | : | surmise, |
definition | : | infer from incomplete evidence (verb.cognition) |
derivation | : | guess, hazard, pretend, venture, |
definition | : | put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | say, suppose, |
definition | : | express a supposition (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | surmise, suspect, |
definition | : | imagine to be the case or true or probable (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | speculate, |
definition | : | talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion (verb.communication) |
9. a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations (noun.communication)
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