hypothesize
verb
hy·poth·e·size
hī-ˈpä-thə-ˌsīz 
hypothesized; hypothesizing
: to make a hypothesis
: to adopt as a hypothesis
Examples of hypothesize in a Sentence
Psychologists hypothesized that his odd behavior was caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain.
if we hypothesize that current population trends continue for the next 50 years
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But to the researchers’ surprise, their survey revealed a second secret tunnel that experts had only hypothesized about for years.
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Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
Paleontologists hypothesize that birds evolved from dinosaurs about 160 million years ago.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
It is hypothesized these discordant results may be due to the 2021 research’s focus on young healthy subjects compared to earlier work looking at older subjects already displaying some degree of neurodegeneration or cognitive decline.
—New Atlas, 11 Feb. 2025
And if the water was blown by wind, that means it was not covered in ice, as some scientists have hypothesized.
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Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
Paleontologists hypothesize that birds evolved from dinosaurs about 160 million years ago.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
It is hypothesized these discordant results may be due to the 2021 research’s focus on young healthy subjects compared to earlier work looking at older subjects already displaying some degree of neurodegeneration or cognitive decline.
—New Atlas, 11 Feb. 2025
And if the water was blown by wind, that means it was not covered in ice, as some scientists have hypothesized.
—Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hypothesize
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hypothesize
verb
hy·poth·e·size
hī-ˈpäth-ə-ˌsīz
hypothesized; hypothesizing
1
: to make a hypothesis
2
: to adopt as a hypothesis
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