hypothesis
noun [ C ]
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/haɪˈpɒθ.ə.sɪs/ us
/haɪˈpɑː.θə.sɪs/ plural hypotheses uk/haɪˈpɒθ.ə.siːz/ us/haɪˈpɑː.θə.siːz/Meaning of hypothesis in English
(Definition of hypothesis from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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hypothesis | Business English
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As well, qualitative research is frequently used in psychology as a way of generating informed hypotheses for a given topic.
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The phonetic analysis further bolstered the hypothesis that he added -ed endings according to a pseudo-suffixation strategy.
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Within the psychological tradition, hypothesis-testing models traditionally assume the former.
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In conjunction, these properties of social-psychological research have impeded the development of theories with explanatory power and the ability to generate novel and nontrivial hypotheses.
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Therefore, with this easier criterion, the sequence from visual perspective taking to pronoun acquisition was reversed, contradicting our first two hypotheses.
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To investigate these hypotheses, we defined a number of regions that have been identified as part of the social brain network in adults.
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The findings are consistent with the hypothesis that weaknesses in specific phonemic representations linger even after children can articulate the specific phonemes accurately.
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The representational flexibility of the hypothesis space approach demands that the complexity of the representations be controlled.
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It is clear that some quite abstract robot representations have usefully tested some quite specific biological hypotheses.
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Here these hypotheses are replaced by the assumption that f is a nice diffeomorphism in between the critical points.
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Distinguishing between these two alternative hypotheses has important implications for the behaviour of political parties.
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This test did not reject the hypothesis of orthogonality so the estimation was done through a random effects model rather than a fixed effects model.
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According to this hypothesis, neither random errors nor morphologically and syntactically more complex structures would be expected.
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Furthermore, we make the hypothesis that the radiation source is optically thin.
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The adjustment cost hypothesis reduces the elasticity of capital supply.
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सिद्धांत…
varsayım, faraziye, hipotez…
hypothèse [feminine], hypothèse…
仮説（かせつ）…
hypothese, vooronderstelling…
அறியப்பட்ட உண்மைகளை அடிப்படையாகக் கொண்ட ஒரு யோசனை அல்லது விளக்கம் இன்னும் நிரூபிக்கப்படவில்லை…
परिकल्पना पर आधारित विचार या वर्णन, अवधारणा…
પૂર્વધારણા…
hypotese…
hypotes, antagande…
hipotesis…
die Hypothese…
hypotese [masculine], antakelse, hypotese…
مفروضہ, بے دلیل دعویٰ…
гіпотеза, припущення…
гипотеза…
పరికల్పన, ఊహ / తెలిసిన వాస్తవాలపై ఆధారపడినది, కానీ ఇంకా నిరూపించబడని దానికి సంబంధించిన ఆలోచన లేదా వివరణ…
অনুমান, অনুমেয় প্রস্তাব…
hypotéza…
hipotesis…
สมมุติฐาน…
giả thuyết…
hipoteza…
