1. Proposed explanations or suppositions made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation
The researchers tested multiple hypotheses about the cause of the disease.
Os pesquisadores testaram múltiplas hipóteses sobre a causa da doença.
2. In logic and mathematics, a proposition assumed to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation
Under the hypothesis that all swans are white, we can derive certain conclusions.
Sob a hipótese de que todos os cisnes são brancos, podemos derivar certas conclusões.
3. A tentative assumption made in order to draw out and test its logical or empirical consequences
Scientific hypotheses must be testable and falsifiable.
As hipóteses científicas devem ser testáveis e falsificáveis.