0 to give a possible but not yet proved explanation for something:
1 to give a possible but not yet proven explanation for something:
There's no point hypothesizing about how the accident happened, since we'll never really know.
There is one orchid so strangely shaped that Darwin hypothesized a moth with a 12-inch proboscis that could dip down into its long, hollow tube.
Bartoshuk's latest study found some people experience greater "oral burn" from alcohol and she hypothesized that they were less likely to become alcoholics as a result.
It is hypothesized that, in this disease, a genetic defect forces calcium to remain outside of cells rather than entering them.
In the 18th century, natural scientists began to hypothesize about the Earth having a linear history rather than an eternally recurring pattern.
Children have a natural tendency to investigate, to hypothesize, and to experiment.
Thus, individuals experiencing low strain are hypothesized to have a lower than average risk of illness and psychological disturbance.
We hypothesize that a burial or an offering may have been removed from this trough.
Our verb results confirm the joint roles of informativeness and limited resources hypothesized in the introduction.