hypothetical

• Auf einer Hypothese beruhend oder als Hypothese dienend; angenommen oder zur Diskussion bzw. Untersuchung vorgeschlagen.

Based on or serving as a hypothesis; assumed or proposed for the sake of argument or investigation.

1. Based on assumptionB2formal

   Involving or based on a suggested idea or theory; not necessarily real or true.

   Hypothetisch

   • The professor presented a hypothetical scenario to illustrate the concept.
   • In a hypothetical situation, what would you do?
   • The discussion was purely hypothetical and not based on actual events.

   Synonymeassumedconjecturalputativespeculativesuppositionaltheoretical

   Antonymeactualcertainconcretedefinitefactualprovenrealtrue

2. Supposed or imaginedB2formal

   Conceived as possible or imagined, but not necessarily existing.

   Hypothetisch

   • They considered a hypothetical case of a market crash.
   • The lawyer asked a hypothetical question during the trial.
   • Hypothetical reasoning is often used in philosophical debates.

   Synonymeassumedconjecturalnotionalputativespeculativesupposedtheoretical

   Antonymeactualcertainconcreteconfirmedfactualreal

• Substantiv, das eine hypothetische Situation, Annahme oder Konzeption bezeichnet, die zum Zweck der Argumentation, Analyse oder Theorie angenommen oder vorgestellt wird.

A noun referring to a hypothetical situation, proposition, or concept that is assumed or imagined for the sake of argument, analysis, or theory.

1. Assumed or supposed situationC1formal

   A situation or statement that is based on a hypothesis, not on reality.

   Hypothetische Situation

   • Let's consider a hypothetical: what if the company goes bankrupt?
   • The professor presented a hypothetical to illustrate the theory.
   • In this hypothetical, we assume the market grows by 10%.

   Synonymeassumptionconjecturehypothesispostulatepremisespeculationsupposition