A hypothesis is a statement of what is deemed possibly true, assumed and reasoned upon as if certainly true, with a view of reaching truth not yet sur more..A hypothesis is a statement of what is deemed possibly true, assumed and reasoned upon as if certainly true, with a view of reaching truth not yet surely known; especially, in the sciences, a hypothesis is a comprehensive tentative explanation of certain phenomena, which is meant to include all other facts of the same class, and which is assumed as true till there has been opportunity to bring all related facts into comparison; if the hypothesis explains all the facts, it is regarded as verified; till then it is regarded as a working hypothesis, that is, one that may answer for present practical purposes. A hypothesis may be termed a comprehensive guess. A guess is a swift conclusion from data directly at hand, and held as probable or tentative, while one confessedly lacks material for absolute certainty. A conjecture is more methodical than a guess, while a supposition is still slower and more settled; a conjecture, like a guess, is preliminary and tentative; a supposition is more nearly final; a surmise is more floating and visionary, and often sinister; as, a surmise that a stranger may be a pickpocket. Theory is used of the mental coordination of facts and principles, that may or may not prove correct; a machine may be perfect in theory, but useless in fact. Scheme may be used as nearly equivalent to theory, but is more frequently applied to proposed action, and in the sense of a somewhat visionary plan. A speculation may be wholly of the brain, resting upon no facts worthy of consideration; system is the highest of these terms, having most of assurance and fixity; a system unites many facts, phenomena, or doctrines into an orderly and consistent whole; we speak of a system of theology, of the Copernican system of the universe. Compare SYSTEM.(noun)
a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena (noun.cognition)
a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or more..a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof(noun.communication)
a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations(noun.communication)
something proposed (such as a plan or assumption) (noun.communication)
a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena(noun.cognition)
successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck (noun.communication)
a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena(noun.cognition)
a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumsta more..a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena(noun.cognition)
derivation (.... is derived from hypothesis)
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence(noun.communication)
talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion (verb.communication)
based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence (adj.all)
a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena(noun.cognition)
