what-if

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hwuht, hwot, wuht, wot if]
- /ʰwʌt, ʰwɒt, wʌt, wɒt ɪf/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hwuht, hwot, wuht, wot if]
- /ʰwʌt, ʰwɒt, wʌt, wɒt ɪf/

Definitions of what-if word

adjective what-if hypothetical: a what-if scenario. 1
noun what-if a hypothetical case or situation; conjecture: a series of what-ifs. 1
noun what-if (Informal) A speculation as to what might have happened if something else had happened earlier. 0
verb what-if (Informal) To speculate about the consequences of something that could have happened. 0

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Origin of what-if

First appearance:

before 1980

One of the 1% newest English words

First recorded in 1980-85

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for What-if

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of What-if

what-if popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.