| Definitions of 'hypothetical' |
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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"
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| Definitions of 'hypothetical' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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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
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