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hypothesis

noun

Reveal meaning and examples

A proposed explanation or assumption offered for examination or testing.

The students tested their hypothesis by changing one feature of the model.

Dictionary practice example.

A campus print team noticed that one poster had emerged with a narrow stripe. Their first hypothesis was that the uploaded image contained the stripe, but the original file looked clean.

From Following the Evidence.

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