Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypothesize

/haɪˈpɑ.θəˌsaɪz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English

Syllables: hy-poth-e-size
IPA: /haɪˈpɑ.θəˌsaɪz/

31

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To assume or assert tentatively on uncertain grounds.

American usage

Example Sentences

"When hormones signal breast cells to divide more rapidly, scientists hypothesize, they increase breast cancer risk by causing precancerous or cancerous cells to multiply."
"Census response is thus a reasonable proxy for civicminded attitudes and cooperation that are hypothesized to improve governmental performance."
"Dahood hypothesizes an occurrence of a verb rihham ('to conceive, enwomb')"
"I don’t dispute that some cases of this sort—involving a subject who differentially doubts what, pretheoretically, we would take to be one and the same thought-content, entertained twice—might be best described by hypothesizing a difference in content."

Etymology

Etymology tree English hypothesis Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English hypothesize From hypothesis + -ize.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /haɪˈpɑ.θəˌsaɪz/
British English: /haɪˈpɒθ.ɪ.saɪz/

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

hypothesizes (present, singular) hypothesizing (participle, present) hypothesized (participle, past) hypothesized (past) hypothesise (alternative)

Derived Forms

hypothesizer rehypothesize unhypothesized

Frequently Paired Words

hypothetical hypothesizable

Synonyms

hypotheticate guess arread assume fancy conject conjecture daresay dope foreguess go out on a limb guesstimate

Questions

How do you pronounce hypothesize?: The recorded pronunciation is /haɪˈpɑ.θəˌsaɪz/.
What does hypothesize mean?: To assume or assert tentatively on uncertain grounds.
Where does hypothesize come from?: Etymology tree English hypothesis Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English hypothesize From hypothesis + -ize.

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