hypothetical nature
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhypotheticalandnature
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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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nature
noun
uk/ˈneɪ.tʃər/us/ˈneɪ.tʃɚ/
all the animals, plants, rocks, etc. in the world and all the features, forces, and processes that happen or exist independently of people, such as the weather, the sea, mountains, the production of young animals or plants, ...
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(Definition ofhypotheticalandnaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The behavior of the parts at small scale should preferentially be defined without using assumptions of a completelyhypotheticalnature.
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Because many people in poor regions depend on the services in question for their immediate survival and livelihood, thehypotheticalnatureof the contingent valuation exercise is greatly reduced.
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I think it would be proper if we withheld our criticisms, which can only be of ahypotheticalnature, until we see the regulations.
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In view of thehypotheticalnatureof the question, such costs would not be justified.
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That raises another question which appears to be of ahypotheticalnature.
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However, thehypotheticalnatureof some speeches may be out of perspective and outside the context of devolution.
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The fact that the basis of my question is of ahypotheticalnaturemakes it even more difficult to ask.
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There are the distortions, of which the worst is the whollyhypotheticalnatureof the calculation; it is one hypothesis built upon another.
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We need his guidance on them, given the size of the pile of documents and thehypotheticalnatureof the budget that we are asked to discuss.
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Due to the fanciful andhypotheticalnatureof these tales, modern historians have been skeptical of these accounts.
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