different between conjectural vs conditional

English

Etymology

conjecture +? -al

Adjective

conjectural (comparative more conjectural, superlative most conjectural)

1. In the nature of a conjecture, or based on a conjecture.

Synonyms

• hypothetical

Translations

Noun

conjectural (plural conjecturals)

1. Something that is conjectural; a conjecture.
   • 1821, Richard Franck, Northern memoirs (page 15)

     Let us not assume such previous conjecturals, but rather consult and expostulate death, since death is the wages and the reward of sin.

French

Adjective

conjectural (feminine singular conjecturale, masculine plural conjecturaux, feminine plural conjecturales)

1. conjectural

Further reading

• “conjectural” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Adjective

conjectural m or f (plural conjecturais, comparable)

1. conjectural (in the nature of a conjecture)

Romanian

Etymology

From French conjectural

Adjective

conjectural m or n (feminine singular conjectural?, masculine plural conjecturali, feminine and neuter plural conjecturale)

1. conjectural

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• conditionall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French condicionel (French conditionnel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?d???n?l/

Noun

conditional (plural conditionals)

1. (grammar) A conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false.
2. (grammar) The conditional mood.
3. (logic) A statement that one sentence is true if another is.
4. (programming) An instruction that branches depending on the truth of a condition at that point.

5. (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)

1. 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.

2. (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.

3. (grammar) Expressing a condition or supposition.

Synonyms

• conditioned
• relative
• limited
• (in logic): hypothetical

Antonyms

• absolute
• categorical
• unconditional

Derived terms

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