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hypothesize
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hypothesize about something
to speculate about something; to make guesses about something. Don't waste time hypothesizing about what happened. There is no point in hypothesizing about what happened when we don't know the actual truth.

hypothesize on something

to conjecture on the origin or nature of something. We sat around hypothesizing on the origin of life.


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2003; Rogler, Cortes & Malgady 1991; White & Wyn 2004), the authors hypothesise that various factors, including the participants' existing social networks, who they choose to interact with (satisfying support and affirmation), photography, an acculturation factor, individual cultural influence and music, may assist students to sustain their hopes.
10) It is such conservative theological "reconciliations"--which end up denying woman's imaging of God by reducing her to a function of male self-transcendence--that lead me to hypothesise that feminist thought needs a different way out of the discussion, one that will prove theologically significant.
Conversely, it seems appropriate to hypothesise that individuals who are satisfied with their body weight and shape will not engage in behaviours that would ultimately lead to a change in anthropometric status--for example, dietary modification.
 
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