• n.
    ⦿a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena

Semantic relations

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechnoun
wn:example
  1. ⦿a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory
  2. ⦿he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:hypothesis
  2. enl:theory
wn:interlingual indexili:i67795
wn:eq synonymdn:teori§1b

Other

dc:Subjectnoun.cognition
skos:is in schemehttps://en-word.net/
rdfs:label
  • hypothesistheory
  • hypothesispossibilitytheory