different between hypothetical vs protoform
hypothetical
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????????? (hupothetikós)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ha?p????t?kl/
Adjective
hypothetical (comparative more hypothetical, superlative most hypothetical)
- Based upon a hypothesis; conjectural
- (philosophy) conditional; contingent upon some hypothesis/antecedent
Synonyms
- conjectural
- (contingent upon some hypothesis): conditional
Antonyms
- (actual): actual
- (in philosophy): categorical
Translations
Noun
hypothetical (plural hypotheticals)
- A hypothetical situation or proposition
- These hypotheticals serve no purpose until we have more information.
Related terms
- hypothesis
- hypothesize
hypothetical From the web:
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- what hypothetically speaking mean
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protoform
English
Etymology
proto- +? form
Noun
protoform (plural protoforms)
- (linguistics) A hypothetical form of a word, reconstructed from derived words.
Synonyms
- urform
protoform From the web:
- what is protoform in linguistics
- what does protoform mean
- protoform linguistics examples
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