Local English word record

hypothesize

verb · 1 sense

to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

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Examples

  • Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps

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Synonyms

speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose

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