"Could you explain what you meant there?"
hypothetical
SYLLABICATION: hy·po·thet·i·cal
PRONUNCIATION: AUDIO: hp-tht-kl KEY
VARIANT FORMS: also hy·po·thet·ic (-thtk)
ADJECTIVE: 1. Of, relating to, or based on a hypothesis: a hypothetical situation. See synonyms at theoretical.
2a. Suppositional; uncertain. See synonyms at supposed. b. Conditional; contingent.
NOUN: A hypothetical circumstance, condition, scenario, or situation: OK, let's consider this possibility then—just as a hypothetical.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek hupothetikos, from hupothetos, placed under, supposed, from hupotithenai, to suppose. See hypothesis.
OTHER FORMS: hypo·theti·cal —NOUN
hypo·theti·cal·ly —ADVERB |
