HOW TO PRONOUNCE
hypothesis
/haɪˈpɑθəsəs/
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Use the unvoiced th sound.
The th is the sound in thin, with no buzzing in the throat. Keep the second syllable strongest and let the following vowels remain light.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The experiment tested her hypothesis.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does hypothesis mean?
noun
- A tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem and that can be tested by further observation, investigation, or experimentation.
- An assumption taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation.
- The antecedent of a conditional statement.
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IPA pronunciation
/haɪˈpɑθəsəs/
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“The hypothesis that, for some reason or other, fire was never set to the powder, and we have not started at all.”
Even so determined a defender of orthodoxy as Mr. Gladstone at last acknowledged some form of a nebular hypothesis as probably true.
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The only reasonable explanation why any people should select a location like that of the Moquis is on the hypothesis of choice.
THE most elaborate structure yet proposed to explain the origin of the solar system is the planetesimal hypothesis by Chamberlin and Moulton.
But every hypothesis is won by inference from certain presuppositions, and every inference is based on the general principles of human thought.