Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense hypothesizes, present participle hypothesizing, past tense, past participle hypothesizedregional note: in BRIT, also use hypothesise
verb
If you hypothesizethat something will happen, you say that you think that thing will happen because of various facts you have considered.
[formal]
To explain this, they hypothesise that galaxies must contain a great deal of missingmatter which cannot be detected. [VERB that]
I have long hypothesized a connection between these factors. [VERB noun]
[Also VERB]
hypothesize in British English
or hypothesise (haɪˈpɒθɪˌsaɪz)
verb
to form or assume as a hypothesis
Derived forms
hypothesizer (hyˈpotheˌsizer) or hypothesiser (hyˈpotheˌsiser)
noun
hypothesize in American English
(haɪˈpɑθəˌsaɪz; hɪpɑθəsaɪz)
verb intransitiveWord forms: hyˈpotheˌsized or hyˈpotheˌsizing
1.
to make a hypothesis
verb transitive
2.
to assume; suppose
Examples of 'hypothesize' in a sentence
hypothesize
I couldn't hypothesize a music -- not even a bar or a note -- that could be produced by the seven together.