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 Definitions of hypothetical  [ˌhaɪ pəˈθɛt ɪ kəl]  

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Definition of 'hypothetical' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (Also,) hypothetical
assumed to exist by hypothesis; supposed; conjectural:
a hypothetical case.

2.  hypothetical
of, involving, or characterized by hypothesis:
hypothetical reasoning.

3. (n.) hypothetical
a hypothetical statement, situation, instance, etc.

Etymology:  (1580–90; < Gk hypothetik(ós) supposed (hypo(ti)thé(nai) to suppose (see hypothesis ) +-tikos -tic ) + -al1)

Definition of 'hypothetical' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) hypothetical
a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.
"consider the following, just as a hypothetical"

2. (adj) conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious
based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
"theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"; "hypothetical situation"


Definition of 'hypothetical' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) hypothetical
based on a possible situation, not a real one
Let me give you a hypothetical scenario.; The question was hypothetical.; Hypothetically, it could happen.


Definition of 'hypothetical' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) hypothetical
characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis; conditional; assumed without proof, for the purpose of reasoning and deducing proof, or of accounting for some fact or phenomenon


Translation of 'hypothetical' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: imaginary; supposed.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: hipoteties Arabic flag Arabic: إفْتِراضي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: предполагаем
Brazilian flag Brazilian: hipotético Czech flag Czech: hypotetický; předpokládan German flag German: hypothetisch
Danish flag Danish: hypotetisk Greek flag Greek: υποθετικός Spanish flag Spanish: hipotético
Estonian flag Estonian: hüpoteetiline Farsi flag Farsi: فرضی Finnish flag Finnish: hypoteettinen
French flag French: hypothétique Hebrew flag Hebrew: הִיפוֹתֵטִי, תֵּיאוֹרֵטִי Hindi flag Hindi: प्राव-काल्पनिक
Croatian flag Croatian: hipotetski Hungarian flag Hungarian: feltételes Indonesian flag Indonesian: hipotetis
Icelandic flag Icelandic: reisturá tilgátu/ímyndaðr Italian flag Italian: ipotetico Japanese flag Japanese: 仮定の
Korean flag Korean: 가설의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: hipotetinis Latvian flag Latvian: hipotētisks
Malay flag Malay: merupakan andaian Dutch flag Dutch: hypothetisch, vooronderst Norwegian flag Norwegian: tenkt, hypotetisk
Polish flag Polish: hipotetyczny Persian flag Persian: فرضی Pashto flag Pashto: فرضی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: hipotético Romanian flag Romanian: ipotetic Russian flag Russian: гипотетический
Slovak flag Slovak: hypotetický Slovenian flag Slovenian: domneven Serbian flag Serbian: hipotetički
Swedish flag Swedish: hypotetisk Thai flag Thai: ซึ่งสมมุติขึ้น Turkish flag Turkish: hipotetik, varsayıma daya
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 假設的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: гіпотетичний, можливий Urdu flag Urdu: قیاسی ، مفروضہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: có tính chất giả thuyết Chinese flag Chinese: 假设的

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