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what-if
[ hwuht-if, hwotâ, wuhtâ, wotâ ]
adjective
- hypothetical:
a what-if scenario.
noun
- a hypothetical case or situation; conjecture:
a series of what-ifs.
what-if
noun
- informal.a hypothetical question; speculation
one of the great what-ifs of modern history
yĐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of what-if1
Idioms and Phrases
Suppose that, as in What if the speaker doesn't get here in time? This expression is in effect a shortening of âwhat would happen if.â It was first recorded about 1420.Example Sentences
He takes a wisp of an idea, a what-if, and turns it into a viable aesthetic.
That isnât to say Burnsâ safely declarative dialogue and what-if storytelling wonât spur you to think of your own relationship and matters of fulfillment.
Original screenwriter Alex Garland, meanwhile, has become a signature filmmaker of his own, recently releasing the disturbing what-if action movie âCivil War.â
Rangers folk may feel tortured by those what-if moments as much as the missed penalty much later on.
Detention camps, punishing tariffs, discredited âAmerica firstâ slogans, appeasing dictators and, in a bizarre what-if, even suggesting compromising on slavery.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American HeritageŸ Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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