in theory
used for saying that something is believed to be true, although it may not be true
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used for saying that something is believed to be true, although it may not be true
used for saying that although something is not exactly true or accurate, the situation is the same as if it were true or accurate
used for saying that something appears to be true but may not in fact be true
used for saying that something appears to be true but might not be true when you have examined it in more detail
used for saying that you think something that someone said is not always true
adverb
used for saying what seems to be true when people do not yet know all the facts of a situation
adverb
used for saying that although someone pretends to have one reason for something, there is in fact another reason
adjective
used for describing something that you claim to be true but that is possibly false
used for saying that people have not yet decided what they think about someone or something
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a percussion instrument used by football fans which makes a rattling sound when shaken
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… the decision to treat the rights and duties of a company as being the same as the rights and duties of its shareholders
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