conditional
/kənˈdɪʃ.ə.nəl/ noun C2- A conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false.
- The conditional mood.
- A statement that one sentence is true if another is. · "A implies B" is a conditional.
- An instruction that branches depending on the truth of a condition at that point. · if and while are conditionals in some programming languages.
- A condition (a limitation or restriction).
Plural conditionals
From the library
Darcy chose to doubt it--or to treat it as a merely conditional recommendation, and to assert that I had forfeited all claim to it by extravagance, imprudence, in short, anything or nothing.
Similarly insidious is the conditional apology, often manifesting in the familiar refrain expressing sorrow if you were offended.
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