In theory

prep_phrase

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    with regard to fundamentals although not concerning details wordnet
Prep_phrase
  1. 1
    Theoretically.

    "That sounds fine in theory, but will it work in practice?"

Synonyms

All synonyms
conceptuallyideallyin essencein principlenotionallyon paper

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"That sounds fine in theory, but will it work in practice?"

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