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单词 hypothesizing
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hypothesize

verb

hy·​poth·​e·​size hī-ˈpä-thə-ˌsīz How to pronounce hypothesize (audio)
hypothesized; hypothesizing

intransitive verb

: to make a hypothesis

transitive verb

: to adopt as a hypothesis

Synonyms

  • assume
  • hypothecate
  • postulate
  • premise
  • presume
  • presuppose
  • say
  • suppose
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Example Sentences

Psychologists hypothesized that his odd behavior was caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. if we hypothesize that current population trends continue for the next 50 years
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Word History

First Known Use

1738, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

hypothesizing

verb

present participle of hypothesize
as in saying
to take as true or as a fact without actual proof if we hypothesize that current population trends continue for the next 50 years

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • saying
  • assuming
  • presuming
  • thinking
  • postulating
  • believing
  • guessing
  • supposing
  • presupposing
  • figuring
  • concluding
  • dreaming
  • imagining
  • premising
  • speculating
  • inferring
  • accepting
  • insisting
  • suspecting
  • deducing
  • hypothecating
  • theorizing
  • conjecturing
  • claiming
  • crediting
  • taking for granted
  • judging
  • swallowing
  • surmising
  • asserting
  • declaring
  • perceiving
  • gathering
  • maintaining
  • conceiving
  • contending
  • fancying
  • affirming
  • alleging
  • taking
  • reckoning
  • suspicioning
  • averring
  • avowing
  • professing
  • preconceiving
  • avouching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • discounting
  • doubting
  • questioning
  • disputing
  • denying
  • challenging
  • discrediting
  • wondering (about)
  • controverting
  • disbelieving
  • rejecting
  • distrusting
  • disagreeing (with)
  • disclaiming
  • repudiating
  • refuting
  • disavowing
  • disproving
  • mistrusting
  • rebutting
  • disowning
  • belying
  • confuting
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