English > hypothecate: 2 senses > verb 2, cognitionMeaning | To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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Model | They hypothecate that there was a traffic accident |
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Synonyms | speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, suppose |
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Narrower | explicate, formulate, develop | elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses |
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reconstruct, construct, retrace | reassemble mentally |
Broader | expect, anticipate | regard something as probable or likely |
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Spanish | conjeturar, especular, hipotetizar, imaginar, suponer, teorizar |
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Catalan | conjecturar, especular, fer hipòtesis, imaginar, suposar, teoritzar |
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Nouns | hypothesis | a tentative insight into the natural world |
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hypothesis | a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence |