what-if
See also: what if
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Noun edit
- (informal) A speculation as to what might have happened if something else had happened earlier.
- 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin, page 199:
- Each man was running over the what ifs in his mind.
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Verb edit
what-if (third-person singular simple present what-ifs, present participle what-iffing, simple past and past participle what-iffed)
- (informal) To speculate about the consequences of something that could have happened.