hypothesize
verb🔊/haɪˈpɒθəsaɪz/
🔊/haɪˈpɑːθəsaɪz/
(British English also hypothesise)
[transitive, intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they hypothesize | 🔊/haɪˈpɒθəsaɪz/ 🔊/haɪˈpɑːθəsaɪz/ |
| he / she / it hypothesizes | 🔊/haɪˈpɒθəsaɪzɪz/ 🔊/haɪˈpɑːθəsaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple hypothesized | 🔊/haɪˈpɒθəsaɪzd/ 🔊/haɪˈpɑːθəsaɪzd/ |
| past participle hypothesized | 🔊/haɪˈpɒθəsaɪzd/ 🔊/haɪˈpɑːθəsaɪzd/ |
| -ing form hypothesizing | 🔊/haɪˈpɒθəsaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊/haɪˈpɑːθəsaɪzɪŋ/ |
- hypothesize (something) | hypothesize that…
to suggest a way of explaining something when you do not definitely know about it; to form a hypothesis 假设；假定 The causes can be hypothesized but not proved. 原因能够被假定，但不能被证实。 🔊🔊 We can only hypothesize that the cases we know about are typical. 我们只能假设我们知道的案例是典型的。 🔊🔊 Let us try to hypothesize a particular market situation. 让我们尝试假设一个特定的市场情况。 There are particular problems that arise when hypothesizing about the origins of the universe. 假设宇宙起源时会出现一些特殊的问题。