Definition of "what-if" []

• A speculation as to what might have happened if something else had happened earlier. (noun)
• To speculate about the consequences of something that could have happened. (verb)

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• "Then there's always a few rifles for the "what-if" situations and the back-ups."
• "Jules Verne began reaching into the great unknown of what-if in a different way."
• "Group-think does not enjoy analyzing what-if we are on the wrong-track?"