HYPOTHETICAL IMPERATIVE

Meaning of HYPOTHETICAL IMPERATIVE in English

noun

Etymology: translation of German hypothetischer imperativ

: an imperative of conduct that springs from expediency or practical necessity rather than from moral law — contrasted with categorical imperative

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

HYPOTHETICAL IMPERATIVE — см. hypothetic imperative
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
IMPERATIVE — adj imperative (1. implying or expressing a command; 2. [Gram.]); modo imperative [Gram.] imperative mood
Interlingua English vocab
IMPERATIVE — a. imperativ; n. (gramm.) imperative
English interlingue dictionary
HYPOTHETICAL — adjective Date: 1588 being or involving a hypothesis ; conjectural , ~ noun ~ly adverb
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
IMPERATIVE — I. ə̇mˈperəd.]iv, -rət] adjective Etymology: Late Latin imperativus, from Latin imperatus (past participle of imperare to command) + -ivus -ive …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HYPOTHETICAL — I. |hīpə|thed.]ə̇kəl, -et], ]ēk- adjective also hy·po·thet·ic ]ik, ]ēk Etymology: hypothetical from Late Latin hypothetic us (from Greek hypothetikos ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IMPERATIVE — (n.) The imperative mood; also, a verb in the imperative mood.
Английский словарь Webster
IMPERATIVE — (a.) Expressive of commund, entreaty, advice, or exhortation; as, the imperative mood.
Английский словарь Webster
IMPERATIVE — (a.) Not to be avoided or evaded; obligatory; binding; compulsory; as, an imperative duty or order.
Английский словарь Webster
IMPERATIVE — (a.) Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders.
Английский словарь Webster
HYPOTHETICAL — (a.) Characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis; conditional; assumed without proof, for the purpose of reasoning and …
Английский словарь Webster
IMPERATIVE — ( n. ) The imperative mood; also, a verb in the imperative mood.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
IMPERATIVE — ( a. ) Not to be avoided or evaded; obligatory; binding; compulsory; as, an imperative duty or order.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
IMPERATIVE — ( a. ) Expressive of commund, entreaty, advice, or exhortation; as, the imperative mood.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HYPOTHETICAL — ( a. ) Characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis; conditional; assumed without proof, for the purpose of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
IMPERATIVE — — imperatively , adv. — imperativeness , n. /im per"euh tiv/ , adj. 1. absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable: It …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HYPOTHETICAL — — hypothetically , adv. /huy'peuh thet"i keuhl/ , adj. 1. assumed by hypothesis; supposed: a hypothetical case. 2. of, pertaining …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
IMPERATIVE — adj. necessary, obligatory; commanding; of the imperative mood, of the form used when making an order or request (Grammar); of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
IMPERATIVE — n. necessity, obligation; command, order; imperative mood, form used when making an order or request (Grammar); verb in the imperative …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HYPOTHETICAL — adj. assumed, supposed; of or pertaining to a hypothesis, theoretical
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
IMPERATIVE — I. im-ˈper-ə-tiv, -ˈpe-rə- adjective Etymology: Middle English imperatyf, from Late Latin imperativus, from Latin imperatus, past participle of imperare to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HYPOTHETICAL — adjective Date: 1588 : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural hypothetical arguments a hypothetical situation • hypothetical noun • …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
IMPERATIVE — noun the imperative mood; also, a verb in the imperative mood. 2. imperative ·adj expressive of commund, entreaty, advice, or …
Webster English vocab
HYPOTHETICAL — adj characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis; conditional; assumed without proof, for the purpose of reasoning and …
Webster English vocab
HYPOTHETICAL — [ ˌhʌɪpə'θɛtɪk(ə)l ] ■ adjective 1》 based on or serving as a hypothesis. ↘supposed but not necessarily real or true. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
IMPERATIVE — [im.per.a.tive] adj [ME imperatyf, fr. LL imperativus, fr. L imperatus, pp. of imperare to command--more at emperor] (15c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HYPOTHETICAL — [hy.po.thet.i.cal] adj (1588): being or involving a hypothesis: conjectural "~ arguments" "a ~ situation" -- hy.po.thet.i.cal.ly adv
Merriam-Webster English vocab
IMPERATIVE — imperative BrE AmE ɪm ˈper ət ɪv AmE \ -ət̬ ɪv ▷ imperative|ly li ▷ imperative|ness nəs nɪs ▷ imperative|s …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HYPOTHETICAL — hypothetical BrE AmE ˌhaɪp ə ˈθet ɪk ə l ◂ AmE \ -ˈθet̬- ▷ hypothetical|ly ‿i
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
IMPERATIVE — / ɪmˈperətɪv; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. [ not usually before noun ] imperative (that ... ) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HYPOTHETICAL — / ˌhaɪpəˈθetɪkl; NAmE / adjective based on situations or ideas which are possible and imagined rather than real and true …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
IMPERATIVE — I. im ‧ per ‧ a ‧ tive 1 /ɪmˈperətɪv/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Late Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HYPOTHETICAL — hy ‧ po ‧ thet ‧ i ‧ cal AC /ˌhaɪpəˈθetɪk ə l◂/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: verb …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HYPOTHETICAL — adj. 1 of or based on or serving as a hypothesis. 2 supposed but not necessarily real or true. øøhypothetically …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HYPOTHETICAL — adj. 1 of or based on or serving as a hypothesis. 2 supposed but not necessarily real or true. hypothetically …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HYPOTHETICAL — adj.1 of or based on or serving as a hypothesis. 2 supposed but not necessarily real or true. Derivatives: hypothetically …
Oxford English vocab
IMPERATIVE — ( imperatives) 1. If it is imperative that something is done, that thing is extremely important and must be done. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HYPOTHETICAL — If something is hypothetical , it is based on possible ideas or situations rather than actual ones. Let’s look at …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HYPOTHETICAL — If something is ~, it is based on possible ideas or situations rather than actual ones. Let’s look at a …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
IMPERATIVE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a moral imperative (= something that must be done for moral reasons ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HYPOTHETICAL — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB purely ▪ A sterile culture because a purely hypothetical one, he wrote. ▪ Sense …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IMPERATIVE — (URGENT) [adjective] - extremely important or urgent; needing to be done or given attention immediatelyThe president said it was imperative …
Cambridge English vocab
HYPOTHETICAL — [adjective]This is only a hypothetical example (= not one that really exists), but it will help us to consider the …
Cambridge English vocab
HYPOTHETICAL — Synonyms and related words : a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, abstract, academic, analytic, armchair, assumed, categorical, conditional, conjectural, conjectured, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HYPOTHETICAL — adj. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: SUPPOSED 1, conjectural, putative, reputed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious, suppositive, suppository Related Words: doubtful, problematic 2 …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HYPOTHETICAL — a. See hypothetic
Dictionary of English Synonyms
HYPOTHETICAL — adjective 1. Synonyms: supposed 1, conjectural, putative, reputed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious, suppositive, suppository Related Word: doubtful, problematic 2. Synonyms: abstract …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
HYPOTHETICAL — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
HYPOTHETICAL — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ This is a purely ~ situation. ADVERB ▪ entirely , purely ▪ merely Hypothetical is …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
IMPERATIVE — n. 25B6; adjective it is imperative that you find him : VITALLY IMPORTANT, of vital importance, all-important, vital, crucial, critical, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HYPOTHETICAL — adj. 25B6; adjective THEORETICAL, speculative, conjectured, notional, suppositional, supposed, assumed; academic. actual.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
IMPERATIVE — adj. 1 mandatory, compulsory, necessary, required, requisite, demanded, obligatory, indispensable, essential, crucial, vital, urgent, pressing, exigent It is imperative that …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HYPOTHETICAL — adj. assumed, supposed, conjectural, conjectured, hypothesized, putative, surmised, assumed, presumed, suspected, imagined, guessed, speculative, speculated, theoretical, suppositional, suppositious or supposititious …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
IMPERATIVE — 1. сущ. 1) повеление; распоряжение, обязательное для выполнения; приказ It is a moral imperative that no concessions be/should be made. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HYPOTHETICAL — прил. предположительный, допускаемый, гипотетический, гипотетичный Syn : presumable, assumptive, conjectural, presumptive, suppositional, hypothetic Гипотетически hypothetical гипотетический
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
IMPERATIVE — imperative.ogg 1. ımʹperətıv n 1. 1> обязанность, долг moral imperative - моральный долг 2> приказ, приказание; требование; императив the imperatives …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HYPOTHETICAL — hypothetical.ogg haıpəʹθetık,-haıpəʹθetık(ə)l a гипотетический, предположительный
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
IMPERATIVE — 1. ımʹperətıv n 1. 1> обязанность, долг moral imperative - моральный долг 2> приказ, приказание; требование; императив the imperatives of …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
IMPERATIVE — 1. сущ. 1) повеление; распоряжение, обязательное для выполнения; приказ It is a moral imperative that no concessions be / should …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
IMPERATIVE — 1. сущ. 1) повеление; распоряжение, обязательное для выполнения; приказ It is a moral imperative that no concessions be / should be made. …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
IMPERATIVE — сущ. императив; требование, выражающее должное, предписывающее поступать определенным образом. - categoric imperative - cultural imperative - functional imperative - hypothetic …
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
IMPERATIVE — 1. сущ. 1) повеление; распоряжение, обязательное для выполнения; приказ It is a moral imperative that no concessions be/should be made. …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HYPOTHETICAL — прил. предположительный, допускаемый, гипотетический, гипотетичный Syn : presumable, assumptive, conjectural, presumptive, suppositional, hypothetic Гипотетически hypothetical гипотетический
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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