(verb) hypothesis

[swindaff]

Hello everyone.

What is the correct verb to use with "hypothesis"?
Do I "make an hypothesis? Is there another verb that would fit better?

 

[entangledbank]

Various verbs would do: make, form, propose, put forward, entertain, frame . . . There is also the verb 'hypothesize'.

 

[Franco-filly]

Maybe "form a hypothesis."
posted "belatedly"

 

[elroy]

"form a hypothesis."

 

[se16teddy]

Are you talking about dreaming the hypothesis up, or informing other people about it, or something else?

 

[swindaff]

dreaming the hypothesis up, or informing other people about it

Both, actually.

 

[se16teddy]

Both, actually.

I think "hypothesize" is vague in this way. All the other options suggested above are specifically either one or the other.

 

[swindaff]

I think "hypothesize" is vague in this way. All the other options suggested above are specifically either one or the other.

Honestly, at first it seemed to me that "hypothesize" was the same as "form an hypothesis".

 

[ain'ttranslationfun?]

Can't 'hypothesize' also mean 'speculate'?

 

[Florentia52]

Without a complete sentence or any context from the OP, this thread is wandering, so I'm closing it. AI.ba, you are welcome to start a new thread if you can provide the missing information.

Florentia52, moderator