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- Dictionaryhypothetical/hʌɪpəˈθɛtɪk(ə)l/
adjective
- 1. based on or serving as a hypothesis: "let us take a hypothetical case"
noun
- 1. a hypothetical proposition or statement: "officials refuse to discuss military policy except in coy hypotheticals"
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HYPOTHETICAL definition: 1. imagined or suggested but not necessarily real or true: 2. imagined or suggested but not…. Learn more.
The meaning of HYPOTHETICAL is involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural. How to use hypothetical in a sentence.
Hypothetical definition: assumed or entertained as a theoretical possibility, invented example, premise for argument’s sake, etc.; supposed. See examples of HYPOTHETICAL used in a sentence.
HYPOTHETICAL meaning: 1. imagined or suggested but not necessarily real or true: 2. imagined or suggested but not…. Learn more.
If something is hypothetical, it is based on possible ideas or situations rather than actual ones.
It means something based on an informed guess. Hypotheticals are fun. How would you do in a hypothetical arm-wrestling competition against your Grandma? There are people in the Pentagon whose jobs are to consider all kinds of hypotheticals––what if Luxembourg armed itself with nuclear weapons?
1. Of, relating to, or based on a hypothesis: a hypothetical situation. 2. Conditional; contingent: the hypothetical meaning of a clause beginning with if. n. A hypothetical circumstance, condition, scenario, or situation: OK, let's consider this possibility then—just as a hypothetical.
