Definition of "hypothesise" [hypothesise]

• To believe or assert on uncertain grounds. (verb)

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• "Some of my colleagues rather fancifully hypothesise that they were created in a lab somewhere by some genius Frankenstein looking to unleash new life into the world."
• "In other words, the input yields its grammar without there being the need to hypothesise any “hard-wiring”."
• "Two lovers at university hypothesise that mathematical axioms might have been a bit wobbly at the beginning of the universe, leading to other realities with different mathematical underpinnings."