Dictionary Check: hypothetical

"hypothetical" is a valid word!

Scrabble 25 points
Words with Friends 25 points

Definition

adjective

based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence

Example: "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"
noun

a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.

Example: "consider the following, just as a hypothetical possibility"

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