hypothetical assumption
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hypothetical
adjective
uk/ˌhaɪ.pəˈθet.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌhaɪ.pəˈθet̬.ɪ.kəl/
imagined or suggested but not necessarily real ...
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assumption
noun
uk/əˈsʌmp.ʃən/us/əˈsʌmp.ʃən/
something that you accept as true without question ...
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(Definition ofhypotheticalandassumptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I do not accept his version of the past, but suppose for the sake of argument that we accept that as ahypotheticalassumption.
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I hasten to add that this is a purelyhypotheticalassumption.
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He makes thehypotheticalassumptionthat this can be carried through.
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It presupposes, or rather makes thehypotheticalassumption, that everyone in our society can afford to pay equally, irrespective of means.
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The calculations below are on thehypotheticalassumptionthat the cuts in rent could be achieved and that housing associations would be fully compensated for their loss of revenue.
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After thishypotheticalassumption, the swap can be understood as a floating rate bond vs a fixed rate bond.
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There is a validation of thehypotheticalassumptionthat postoperative smoking cessation helps to reverse the impact of cigarette smoking on outcome after spinal fusion.
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Any such assessment could only be conjectural since it would involve hypothetical assumptions about alternative arrangements for agricultural support.
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It is the only form of tax which is levied upon a series of hypothetical assumptions.
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As the hypothetical assumptions underlying such an estimate are likely to be complex, such an estimate is not likely to facilitate discussion.
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No such calculation can usefully be made because of the large number of hypothetical assumptions required.
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I am concerned to know whether the valuers themselves are going to be "hypothetical assumptions" or not.
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Any estimate would be dependent upon hypothetical assumptions about the policies which would otherwise have obtained and the effects of those policies.
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We propose to cut administration and bureaucracy, but we will make no hypothetical assumptions that computer systems will be improved.
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We have been told that it is to be conducted on new principles, on which a number of new hypothetical assumptions are to be made.
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It is much too soon to make such hypothetical assumptions.
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The division of the total resources, so revalued, has been made on the merits of each case and there is no ground for making hypothetical assumptions about the different components.
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Making projections for 1996–97 and 1997–98 would require hypothetical assumptions on the development of earnings, the distribution of income between household types and future energy prices.
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No satisfactory estimates can be made, because they would involve hypothetical assumptions about the precise arrangements involved and about the effect of these on import prices.
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We cannot make hypothetical assumptions now.
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