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could anyone please clarify me the meaning of the term 'hypothesis'?

with relation to terms 'reasoning' and 'assumption' ?

Many thanks

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    A hypothesis is just a guess that something is true. In science you often make a hypothesis and then test it by doing an experiment.2012-11-09
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    Thanks for your reply. you meant hypothesis is a positive assumption then?2012-11-09
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    You can also hypothesize that something is false. When we make a hypothesis, we recognize that it might be wrong, and quite often we eventually discover a hypothesis we had made was wrong. It really is just a guess, but usually with some amount of evidence (not proof) that the guess is correct.2012-11-09
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    Probably I should say "educated guess" rather than "guess".2012-11-09

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