Hypothetical
Definitions
A possible or hypothetical situation or proposition.
Equivalents
21 more languages
Catalàhipotètic
Češtinahypotetický
Danskhypotetisk
Ελληνικάυποθετικός
Suomihypoteettinen
हिन्दीकाल्पनिक
Italianoipotetico
日本語仮定の
ქართულიჰიპოთეტიური
Bahasa Melayuandaian
Polskihipotetyczny
Portuguêshipotético
Românăipotetic
Русскийгипотетический
Svenskahypotetisk
Tagalogpalagayin
Українськагіпотетичний
Examples
“These hypotheticals serve⟳ no purpose until we have⟳ more information.”
“He told ABC News: “Just to give⟳ you a hypothetical, we would respond⟳ by leading a Nato – a collective – effort that would take⟳ out every Russian conventional force⟳ that we can see⟳ and identify⟳ on the battlefield in Ukraine and also in Crimea and every ship in the Black sea.””
“Philosophers of doom tend⟳ to get⟳ hung up on elaborate sci-fi-inflected hypotheticals.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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