Dictionary

conditional en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /kənˈdɪʃ.nəl/
• /kənˈdɪʃ.ə.nəl/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From French conditionnel, from Old French condicionel, equivalent to condition + -al.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Limited by a condition.
   • 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:
   • I made my son a conditional promise: I would buy him a bike if he kept his room tidy.
2. (not-comparable) Stating that one sentence is true if another is true.
   • "A implies B" is a conditional statement.
   • A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another. 1826, Richard Whately, Elements of Logic:
3. (not-comparable) Expressing a condition or supposition.
   • a conditional word, mode, or tense

Forms

Antonyms

universal · unfettered · unconditional · unlimited · categorical · absolute

Deriveds

conditionalist · conditional baptism · biconditional · conditional probability · conditional clause · conditionalism · conditional operator · conditionalness · inconditional · conditional sentence · conditional probability distribution · multiconditional · conditionalise · conditional perfect · conditional assembly language · conditional tense · nonconditional · pre-conditional · conditionality · conditional comment · conditional agreement · conditionalize · conditional unconditional · conditional fee · conditional proof · conditionally · semiconditional · postconditional · conditional entropy

Hypernyms

restricted · dependent · limited

Hyponyms

provisional · probational

Synonyms

relative · conditional · contingent · in logic · limited · conditioned · qualified

Translations (43)

fr conditionnel (limited by a condition) · rm cundiziunal (limited by a condition) · sv betingad (limited by a condition) · uk умо́вний (in logic) · ro condițional (limited by a condition) · da betinget (limited by a condition) · pl warunkowy (limited by a condition) · la condiciōnālis (limited by a condition) · pt condicional (limited by a condition) · mt kundizzjonali (limited by a condition) · gd cumhach (in logic) · ca condicional (limited by a condition) · el υποθετικός (limited by a condition) · mt kundizzjonali (in logic) · ca condicional (in logic) · pl warunkowy (in logic) · es condicional (limited by a condition) · ja 条件付きの (limited by a condition) · ro condițional (in logic) · fi ehdollinen (in logic) · hu feltételes (limited by a condition) · sv villkorlig (limited by a condition) · nl voorwaardelijk (limited by a condition) · ru усло́вный (limited by a condition) · ar شَرْطِيّ (in logic) · tr şartlı (limited by a condition) · gl condicional (limited by a condition) · ru усло́вный (in logic) · bg условен (limited by a condition) · bg условен (in logic) · de bedingt (limited by a condition) · de bedingt (in logic) · tl pasumala (limited by a condition) · oc condicional (limited by a condition) · fi ehdollinen (limited by a condition) · sv villkorlig (in logic) · gd cumhach (limited by a condition) · tl pasumala (in logic) · la conditionalis (limited by a condition) · cmn 有條件的 /有条件的 (limited by a condition) · tr koşullu (limited by a condition) · cs podmíněný (limited by a condition) · be умо́ўны (in logic)

conditional en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kənˈdɪʃ.nəl/
• /kənˈdɪʃ.ə.nəl/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From French conditionnel, from Old French condicionel, equivalent to condition + -al.

Meanings

1. A conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false.
2. The conditional mood.
3. A statement that one sentence is true if another is.
   • Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals 1867, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater, Manual of Elementary Logic, quoted in OED:
   • "A implies B" is a conditional.
4. An instruction that branches depending on the truth of a condition at that point.
   • if and while are conditionals in some programming languages.
5. A condition (a limitation or restriction).
   • The former is called the law, which hath his promises, conditionals, and comminations or threats, accordingly; the other is called the gospel, or rather the free promises hanging not on conditions on our behalf, but simply on God's verity and mercy, although they require conditions, but not as hanging thereon; of which promises the gospel may well be called a publication. 1832, John Bradford, Memoirs of the Life and Martyrdom of John Bradford, page 69:
   • There were so many ways to answer, yet each potential response seemed out of context, inadequate. The problem with context—and any conditionals I might apply in my answer—was the high risk that Jim and Margot dismiss it all as “hedging,” as positioning myself to win the engagement. 2009, Dennis J. Roberts, Mergers & Acquisitions:
   • For mine own part, I confess I do not in any measure think it needful to insist upon the conditionals of these assertions of the Holy Ghost, as to the removal of any or all the oppositions that from them, of old or of late, have been raised and framed against the doctrine of the saints' perseverance, there being in neither of the texts insisted on either name or thing inquired after, nor any one of all the severals inquired into, and constantly in the Scriptures used, in the description of the saints and believers of whom we speak. 1853, John Owen, edited by Rev. William H. Goold, The Works of John Owen, D. D., page 640:
   • Sanders questions this move under a model that assumes comprehensive divine foreknowledge because there aren't any conditionals; the outcome is certain: “How can a conditional promise be genuine if God already foreknows the human response and so foreknows that he will, in fact, never fulfill the promise?" 2018, John D. Laing, Middle Knowledge: Human Freedom in Divine Sovereignty:
   • GOD grant us to be clean beasts, to cleave the hoofs accordingly, that is, to give the old man meat, meet for the owers, that is, the law with his appurtenances, conditionals, promises, and comminations; and to give to the new man the gospel and sweet free promises, as appertaineth; and then doubtless we shall walk in the right high-way unto eternal life, that is, in Christ Jesus, the end of the law and the fulfilling of the promises, in whome they be yea and Amen. 1837, The Letters of the Martyrs: Collected and Published in 1564, page 363:

Forms

Deriveds

third conditional · zero conditional · strict conditional · Philonian conditional · mixed conditional · horseshoe conditional · present conditional · indicative conditional · relevance conditional · counterfactual conditional · first conditional · second conditional

Meronyms

consequent (in logic) · antecedent (in logic)

Synonyms

material conditional (in logic) · if-then statement (in logic)

Translations (45)

gd modh cumhach (grammar: mode/mood) · et tingiv (grammar: mode/mood) · ru условное наклоне́ние (grammar: mode/mood) · pt futuro do pretérito (grammar: mode/mood) · bg условие (grammar: statement) · vi thức điều kiện (grammar: mode/mood) · fi ehtolause (logic: statement) · pt condicional (grammar: mode/mood) · fr conditionnel (grammar: mode/mood) · bg условие (logic: statement) · sv konditionalis (grammar: mode/mood) · it condizionale (grammar: mode/mood) · cmn 條件語氣 /条件语气 (grammar: mode/mood) · be умо́ўны лад (grammar: mode/mood) · no kondisjonalis (grammar: mode/mood) · ro mod condițional (grammar: mode/mood) · fi ehtolause (grammar: statement) · uk умо́вний спо́сіб (grammar: mode/mood) · pl instrukcja warunkowa (computing: branching instruction) · pl tryb przypuszczający (grammar: mode/mood) · de Konditional (grammar: statement) · es condicional (grammar: mode/mood) · hu feltételes mód (grammar: mode/mood) · bg усло́вно наклоне́ние (grammar: mode/mood) · sk podmieňovací spôsob (grammar: mode/mood) · rm cundiziunal (grammar: mode/mood) · ro condițional (grammar: mode/mood) · gl condicional (grammar: mode/mood) · nl voorwaardelijke wijs (grammar: mode/mood) · is skildagatíð (grammar: mode/mood) · ja 条件法 (grammar: mode/mood) · fi ehtotapa (grammar: mode/mood) · fi ehtolause (computing: branching instruction) · tr şart bileşik zamanı (grammar: mode/mood) · sq mënyra kushtore (grammar: mode/mood) · tr koşul bileşik zamanı (grammar: mode/mood) · ca condicional (grammar: mode/mood) · fi konditionaalilause (grammar: statement) · ru усло́вие (grammar: statement) · nrf conditionnel (grammar: mode/mood) · de Konditionalis (grammar: mode/mood) · fi konditionaali (grammar: mode/mood) · la conditionalis (grammar: mode/mood) · eo kondicionalo (grammar: mode/mood) · de Konditional (grammar: mode/mood)