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Meaning of Hypothetical | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪkəl

Definitions

A possible or hypothetical situation or proposition.

Equivalents

Català hipotètic
Čeština hypotetický
Dansk hypotetisk
Deutsch hypothetisch
Ελληνικά υποθετικός
Español hipotético
Français hypothétique
हिन्दी काल्पनिक
Italiano ipotetico
日本語 仮定の
ქართული ჰიპოთეტიური
한국어 가설적 가언적
Bahasa Melayu andaian
Polski hipotetyczny
Português hipotético
Română ipotetic
Svenska hypotetisk
Tagalog palagayin
Українська гіпотетичний

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.
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