hypothesis

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However Brandon   dismissed   the   accomplice   hypothesis   as   unlikely .

Brandon verwierp echter de medeplichtige hypothese als onwaarschijnlijk.

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. A tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem and that can be tested by further observation, investigation, and/or experimentation.
  2. (general) An assumption taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation.
  3. The antecedent of a conditional statement.

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/haɪˈpɒθɪsɪs/
Etymologie (Engels)

Recorded since 1596, from Middle French hypothese, from Late Latin hypothesis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόθεσις (hupóthesis, “base, basis of an argument, supposition”, literally “a placing under”), itself from ὑποτίθημι (hupotíthēmi, “I set before, suggest”), from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “I put, place”). Compare hypothec.

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