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A hypothesis that is weakly held, tentatively, as a best guess; such a hypothesis among several plausible ones that is driving or underpinning a scientific team's work at a given time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Among these several hypotheses, the one judged as most likely was our working hypothesis during the autumn semester.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hypothesis
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Dutch:
werkhypothese
— hypothesis that is unverified yet tentatively chosen
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Finnish:
työhypoteesi
— hypothesis that is unverified yet tentatively chosen
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French:
hypothèse de travail
— hypothesis that is unverified yet tentatively chosen
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German:
Arbeitshypothese
— hypothesis that is unverified yet tentatively chosen
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Hungarian:
munkahipotézis
— hypothesis that is unverified yet tentatively chosen
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Polish:
hipoteza robocza
— hypothesis that is unverified yet tentatively chosen
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Swedish:
arbetshypotes
— hypothesis that is unverified yet tentatively chosen
