Meaning

5 senses
  1. A conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false.

  2. The conditional mood.

    Konditional, Konditionalis, Konditional

    условное наклоне́ниеuslovnoje naklonénije, усло́виеuslóvije

    умо́вний спо́сібumóvnyj spósib

  3. A statement that one sentence is true if another is.

    "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).

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Their love feels conditional at times.

  2. There are four main types of conditional clauses.

  3. The love was conditional; it hinged on my finances.

  4. The position is conditional on how well you are able to perform.

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  5. They have rejected a five percent “conditional” salary increment offered by the government.

    deSie haben eine von der Regierung angebotene, „bedingte“ fünfprozentige Gehaltserhöhung abgelehnt. — Yorwba · CC BY 2.0 FR

Translations

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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

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

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

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