Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb By hypothesis.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun ‘From the hypothesis’; according to the hypothesis; hypothetic-ally; supposedly; assumed to be.
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- adverb Following from the
hypothesis ; in accordance with the hypothesis; by hypothesis; as a consequence of assumptions made;theoretically ;supposedly ;hypothetically .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin ex hypothesī : Latin ex, out of, by + Latin hypothesī, ablative of hypothesis, hypothesis.]
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First attested in 1603, from Late Latin, literally from the hypothesis, from hypothesis.
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