English Online Dictionary. What means conditional? What does conditional mean?
English
Alternative forms
- conditionall (obsolete)
Etymology
From French conditionnel, from Old French condicionel, equivalent to condition + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kənˈdɪʃ.ə.nəl/, /kənˈdɪʃ.nəl/
Adjective
conditional (not comparable)
- Limited by a condition.
- (logic) Stating that one sentence is true if another is.
- (grammar) Expressing a condition or supposition.
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Noun
conditional (plural conditionals)
- (grammar) A conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false.
- (grammar) The conditional mood.
- (logic) A statement that one sentence is true if another is.
- (programming) An instruction that branches depending on the truth of a condition at that point.
- A condition (a limitation or restriction).
Synonyms
- (in logic): if-then statement; material conditional
Meronyms
- (in logic): antecedent
- (in logic): consequent