What-if Definition
what-ifs
adverb
Used to introduce a suggestion or proposal for a future event.
What if we arrange it for 9:00 instead of 10:00?
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Used to introduce a speculation about a future event.
What if we could learn to get along? What would happen then?
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Used to introduce a speculation about a past event. Often the basis for counterfactual historical interpretations.
What if Abraham Lincoln had not been assassinated? How might the Reconstruction of the Southern States have been handled?
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noun
(informal) A speculation as to what might have happened if something else had happened earlier.
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verb
(informal) To speculate about the consequences of something that could have happened.
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Other Word Forms of What-if
Noun
Singular:
what-if
Plural:
what-ifs
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