hypothesizing
present participle ofhypothesize
hypothesize
verb[IorT]
formal(UKusuallyhypothesise)uk/haɪˈpɒθ.ə.saɪz/us/haɪˈpɑː.θə.saɪz/to give apossiblebut notyetprovedexplanationfor something:
We hypothesizedthatchildrenofalcoholicfatherswilldemonstratemorebehaviouralproblems.
There's nopointhypothesizingabouthow theaccidenthappened, since we'll never reallyknow.
Thisdiscoveryledexpertsto hypothesize a differentpathofevolutionfor early man.
Synonyms
conjectureformal
speculate
theorize
- There is oneorchidsostrangelyshapedthat Darwin hypothesized amothwith a 12-inchproboscisthat coulddipdown intoitslong,hollowtube.
- Bartoshuk'slateststudyfoundsomepeopleexperiencegreater"oralburn" fromalcoholand she hypothesized that they were lesslikelytobecomealcoholicsas aresult.
- It is hypothesized that, in thisdisease, ageneticdefectforcescalciumtoremainoutsideofcellsratherthanenteringthem.
- In the 18thcentury,naturalscientistsbeganto hypothesize about theEarthhaving alinearhistoryratherthan aneternallyrecurringpattern.
- Children have anaturaltendencytoinvestigate, to hypothesize, and toexperiment.
Guessing, supposing and suspecting
- approximate
- as muchidiom
- call
- conjecture
- consider
- deem
- fall
- hypothesize
- jump
- jump to conclusionsidiom
- mark
- marksomeonedown assomething
- misjudge
- misjudgment
- presume
- smell
- speculate
- surmise
- think
- think ofsomething
Examplesofhypothesizing
hypothesizing
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These output-based studies provide some grounds forhypothesizingthat there may be age-related differences in children's input processing of unfamiliar accents.
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Several authors posit a direct relationship between borrowing and code-switching,hypothesizingthat borrowed markers initially enter the language through codeswitching.
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More analysis is needed beforehypothesizingabout differences in evolutionary rate between subgenera.
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Although these causal explanations do not require any signaling functions, they do not preclude them, and proximate mechanisms can shed light on adaptivehypothesizing.
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The theory adopted here deals with that issues byhypothesizingthat the group may or may not feel invulnerable depending on threat perception.
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It explores the types of transfer occurring under each mode,hypothesizingabout the linkages between institutional arrangements and transfer processes and outcomes.
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It will be contingent but not arbitrary: nature resists, and that resistance constrains ourhypothesizing.
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This leads to the view that explanation is primarily a process ofhypothesizingcauses of events and expectation failures, rather than deriving them from known factors.
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In this vein, we will examine the impact of alcohol use and smoking,hypothesizingthat the higher the percentage of smoking and alcohol use, the shorter the life-span.
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Once a meaning for a word is learned, this entire sequence of 'hypothesizing' and ' selecting ' a referent does not recur for every presentation of the word.
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Badgaiyan offers an interesting explanation byhypothesizingthat the motor part may be inhibited, and thus, suppressed by overactivity in the affective part.
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Although such a hypothesis is not the only one available, rival hypotheses - the free-will and soul-making theodicies - are sufficiently controversial to makehypothesizingabout equipotency not unreasonable.
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Those are the only values worthhypothesizing.
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Alternative explanations of the data based onhypothesizingunderlying syntactic or semantic relations are investigated through analyses of pronoun case marking and of verbs with prototypical agent- patient roles.
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The two hold lengthy debateshypothesizingwhat will happen if humanity is faced with a new super-powered race of humans.
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