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conditional
English
Alternative forms
- conditionall (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old French condicionel (French conditionnel).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?d???n?l/
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.
- (obsolete) A limitation.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (in logic): if-then statement; material conditional
Meronyms
- (in logic): antecedent
- (in logic): consequent
Translations
Adjective
conditional (not comparable)
- Limited by a condition.
- 1753, William Warburton, The Character and Conduct of the Messengers
- Every covenant of God with man […] may justly be made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional punishment annexed and declared.
- 1753, William Warburton, The Character and Conduct of the Messengers
- (logic) Stating that one sentence is true if another is.
- 1826, Richard Whately, Elements of Logic
- A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another.
- 1826, Richard Whately, Elements of Logic
- (grammar) Expressing a condition or supposition.
Synonyms
- conditioned
- relative
- limited
- (in logic): hypothetical
Antonyms
- absolute
- categorical
- unconditional
Derived terms
Translations
conditional From the web:
- what conditional statement
- what conditionally approved means
- what conditional statements are true
- what conditional formatting in excel
- what conditional sentences
- what conditional call forwarding active
- what conditional offer mean
- what conditional means
guarded
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /????d?d/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /????d?d/
Verb
guarded
- simple past tense and past participle of guard
Adjective
guarded (comparative more guarded, superlative most guarded)
- Cautious; restrained.
- Watched over; supervised.
- (medicine, often euphemistic) Not favourable.
Translations
guarded From the web:
- what guarded the pyramids
- what guarded the golden fleece
- what guarded the cursed vault
- what guarded the garden of eden
- what guarded means
- what guarded the trident in aquaman
- what guarded the philosopher's stone
- what's guarded condition mean
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