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conditional
CIDE DICTIONARY
conditional, a. [L. conditionalis.].
- Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional promise. [1913 Webster]"Every covenant of God with man . . . may justly be made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional punishment annexed and declared." [1913 Webster]
- Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense. [1913 Webster]"A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another." [1913 Webster]"The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . . used synonymously." [1913 Webster]
conditional, n.
- A limitation. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- A conditional word, mode, or proposition. [1913 Webster]"Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
conditional, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 (often foll. by on) dependent; not absolute; containing a condition or stipulation (a conditional offer).
2 Gram. (of a clause, mood, etc.) expressing a condition.
--n. Gram.
1 a conditional clause etc.
2 the conditional mood.
--adj.
1 (often foll. by on) dependent; not absolute; containing a condition or stipulation (a conditional offer).
2 Gram. (of a clause, mood, etc.) expressing a condition.
--n. Gram.
1 a conditional clause etc.
2 the conditional mood.
Idiom
conditional discharge Law an order made by a criminal court whereby an offender will not be sentenced for an offence unless a further offence is committed within a stated period.
Derivative
conditionality n. conditionally adv.
Etymology
ME f. OF condicionel or f. LL conditionalis (as condition)
THESAURUS
conditional
a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, acceptable, accidental, adventitious, aleatory, analytic, at issue, casual, categorical, circumstantial, conditioned, condonable, contingent, deductive, defensible, dependent, depending, dialectic, discursive, enthymematic, epagogic, excusable, fixed, formal, fortuitous, given, hypothetical, iffy, in question, in suspense, in the balance, incidental, inductive, inessential, inferential, limited, maieutic, modal, modified, nonessential, obscure, occasional, open, pendent, pending, problematic, provisional, provisory, qualified, questionable, relative, reliant, restricted, soritical, specificative, specified, stated, stipulated, stipulatory, suspenseful, syllogistic, synthetic, tenable, tentative, tolerable, uncertain, uncounted, undecided, undetermined, unessential, unestablished, unfixed, unsettled, untold, up for grabs, vindicable, warrantableROGET THESAURUS
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State
N state, condition, category, estate, lot, ease, trim, mood, pickle, plight, temper, aspect, dilemma, pass, predicament, constitution, habitude, diathesis, frame, fabric, stamp, set, fit, mold, mould, mode, modality, schesis, form, tone, tenor, turn, trim, guise, fashion, light, complexion, style, character, conditional, modal, formal, structural, organic, conditionally, as the matter stands, as things are, such being the case.Circumstance
N circumstance, situation, phase, position, posture, attitude, place, point, terms, regime, footing, standing, status, occasion, juncture, conjunctive, contingency, predicament, emergence, emergency, exigency, crisis, pinch, pass, push, occurrence, turning point, bearings, how the land lies, surroundings, context, environment, location, contingency, dependence (uncertainty), causation, attribution, circumstantial, given, conditional, provisional, critical, modal, contingent, incidental, adventitious, limitative, in the circumstances, under the circumstances, the circumstances, conditions, thus, in such wise, accordingly, that being the case, such being the case, in view of the circumstances, that being so, sith, since, seeing that, as matters stand, as things go, as times go, conditionally, provided, if, in case, if so, if so be, if it be so, depending on circumstances, in certain circumstances, under certain conditions, if it so happen, if it so turn out, in the event of, in such a contingency, in such a case, in such an event, provisionally, unless, without, according to circumstances, according to the occasion, as it may happen, as it may turn out, as it may be, as the case may be, as the wind blows, pro re nata, yet are my sins not those of circumstance.Conditions
N conditions, terms, articles, articles of agreement, memorandum, clauses, provisions, proviso, covenant, stipulation, obligation, ultimatum, sine qua non, casus foederris, conditional, provisional, guarded, fenced, hedged in, conditionally, provisionally, pro re nata, on condition, with a string to it.Qualification
N qualification, limitation, modification, coloring, allowance, grains of allowance, consideration, extenuating circumstances, mitigation, condition, proviso, prerequisite, contingency, stipulation, provision, specification, sine qua non, catch, string, strings attached, exemption, exception, escape clause, salvo, saving clause, discount, restriction, fine print, qualifying, qualified, conditioned, restricted, hedged, conditional, exceptional, hypothetical, contingent, provided, provided that, provided always, if, unless, but, yet, according as, conditionally, admitting, supposing, on the supposition of, with the understanding, even, although, though, for all that, after all, at all events, approximately, in a limited degree (smallness), somewhat, sort of, something like that, to a certain extent, to a degree, in a sense, so to speak, with grains of allowance, cum grano salis, with a grain of salt, exceptis excipiendis, wind and weather permitting, if possible, subject to, conditioned upon, with this proviso, if the good lord is willing and the creeks don't r, catch-, Degrees of Evidence.For further exploring for "conditional" in Webster Dictionary Online
