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English to English noun
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a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations |  | source: wordnet30
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a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena | | Example: a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory
he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices
source: wordnet30
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a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence | | source: wordnet30
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A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point in question; something not proved, but assumed for the purpose of argument, or to account for a fact or an occurrence; as, the hypothesis that head winds detain an overdue steamer. | | source: webster1913
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