hypothetical

(hī'pə-thĕt'ĭ-kəl) also hy·po·thet·ic (-thĕt'ĭk)
adj.

1. Of, relating to, or based on a hypothesis: a hypothetical situation. See synonyms at theoretical.
2. 1. Suppositional; uncertain. See synonyms at supposed.
   2. Conditional; contingent.

n.
A hypothetical circumstance, condition, scenario, or situation: OK, let's consider this possibility then-just as a hypothetical.

[From Greek hupothetikos, from hupothetos, placed under, supposed, from hupotithenai, to suppose. See hypothesis.]

hypothetical hy'po·thet'i·cal n.
hypothetically hy'po·thet'i·cal·ly adv.

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adjective

1. Existing only in concept and not in reality: abstract, hypothetic, ideal, theoretic, theoretical, transcendent, transcendental. See real/imaginary.
2. Presumed to be true, real, or genuine, especially on inconclusive grounds: conjectural, hypothetic, inferential, presumptive, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious, suppositive. See belief/unbelief.

adj

Definition: guessed, assumed
Antonyms: actual, calculated, confirmed, factual, measured, proved, proven, real, reliable, truthful

A proposition claiming that one thing is so upon the hypothesis of another, i.e. given another, or if another is supposed. The more usual term is a conditional.

IN BRIEF: Assumed for purposes of example.

To get my point across, let me pose a hypothetical situation.

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See words rhyming with "hypothetical."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - hypotetisk
n. - hypotese

Nederlands (Dutch)
hypothetisch, verondersteld

Français (French)
adj. - hypothétique
n. - situation hypothétique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - hypothetisch, angenommen
n. - Hypothese, Syllogismus

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - υποθετικός, (μτφ.) θεωρητικός

Italiano (Italian)
ipotetico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - hipotético
n. - fato (m) hipotético

Русский (Russian)
гипотетический

Español (Spanish)
adj. - hipotético
n. - situación hipotética

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - hypotetisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
假设的, 假定的, 假设的事物

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 假設的, 假定的
n. - 假設的事物

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 가설의, 억측의
n. - 가정의 상황

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 仮説の, 仮定の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) افتراضي قائم على الافتراض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮משוער, מבוסס על הנחה, היפותיטי‬
n. - ‮מצב או אירוע משוער‬

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