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  • 101will, would —     The plan would be phased in over 10 years and will involve extra national insurance contributions (Times). The problem here is an inconsistency between what grammarians call the protasis (the condition) and the apodosis (the consequence). The …

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  • 102theoretical nature — state of being speculative, hypothetical nature, state of being suppositional …

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  • 103supposition — noun an assumption or hypothesis. Derivatives suppositional adjective …

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  • 104conjectural — a. Presumptive, surmised, hypothetical, theoretical, suppositional …

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  • 105academic — 1. adjective 1) an academic institution Syn: educational, scholastic, instructional, pedagogical 2) his academic turn of mind Syn: scholarly, studious, literary, well read, intellectual, clever, erudite …

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  • 106hypothetical — adjective the scenario I suggested was strictly hypothetical Syn: theoretical, speculative, conjectured, conjectural, notional, suppositional, supposed, putative, assumed; academic Ant: actual …

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  • 107ideal — 1. adjective 1) ideal flying weather Syn: perfect, best possible, consummate, supreme, excellent, flawless, faultless, exemplary, classic, model, ultimate, quintessential Ant: bad 2) …

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  • 108notional — adjective the notional line between East and West Syn: hypothetical, theoretical, speculative, conjectural, suppositional, putative, conceptual; imaginary, fanciful, unreal, illusory Ant: actual …

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  • 109speculative — adjective 1) any discussion is largely speculative Syn: conjectural, suppositional, theoretical, hypothetical, putative, academic, notional, abstract; tentative, unproven, unfounded, groundless, unsubstantiated 2) a speculative investment …

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  • 110theoretical — adjective it s just a theoretical situation Syn: hypothetical, abstract, conjectural, academic, suppositional, speculative, notional, postulatory, what if, assumed, presumed, untested, unproven, unsubstantiated Ant: actual, real …

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