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/i.pɔ.tɛz/

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Translation

hypothesis, assumption

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Word origin

From Greek hypothesis ("foundation, supposition"), via Late Latin hypothesis. English "hypothesis" comes from the same source.

Origin
Greek
Root
hypothesis
English cognates
hypothesis, thesis

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralhypothèses

Examples

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Scientists have been testing this hypothesis for years.

, .

If it should rain, we will stay at home.

.

I am ruling out no possibility for the moment.

, .

This assumption is unlikely, in my opinion.

formulé .

He put forward a hypothesis to explain these results.

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