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What if

Adverb

Definitions

1.AdverbUsed to introduce a suggestion or proposal for a future event.
"What if we arrange it for 9:00 instead of 10:00?"
2.AdverbUsed to introduce a speculation about a future event.
"What if we could learn to get along? What would happen then?"
3.AdverbUsed 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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