conditional
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- noun
- /kənˈdɪʃənl/
- Specialized
- If it rains tomorrow, the picnic will be canceled; this is a classic conditional statement.
- future conditional
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Watch on YouTubeIt's kind of past perfect conditional type thing.
- It's kind of past perfect conditional type thing.
Examples
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What role do subjunctive conditionals play in the formulation of physical laws?
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So this is a conditional test, an if test.
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So they have to use the conditional, they have to use the subjunctive.
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Just take out all the conditionals.
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You had both of these in your list, plus a 'Mixed Conditional' which mixes past and present.
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The interpretation of conditionals is an important topic given their widespread usage in areas such as health, legal, and everyday settings.
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What are the appropriate semantics we should adopt for counterfactual conditionals?
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Several studies have subsequently shown that these cues are used in the online comprehension of conditionals (Haigh et al., 2014; Stewart et al., 2013).
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Understanding the basic structure of a conditional is crucial for mastering English grammar.
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In programming, the use of a conditional allows the code to execute different actions based on whether a statement is true.
Synonyms
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A connection between two statements that makes the second true if the first is true
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A logical relation where if one statement is true, another must be true
A link between two statements that says if one is true then the other must be true
Compounds
- Specialized
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The chance that an event happens when you know another event already happened
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An agreement where the seller keeps ownership of the goods until the buyer pays in full
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A learned reaction to a sound or signal after it happens many times
- Formal
An agreement that only starts to have effect if a certain event happens
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A learned response that happens when a certain sound or signal appears, for example a dog drooling at a bell
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An automatic learned reaction to a signal after repeated practice, for example a dog drooling at a bell
- Specialized
A link between two statements that says if one is true then the other must be true
Surface Forms
Morphology
conditional = conditional (semi-transparent) = condition + al
This noun use is a nominalized grammatical term built from the adjective 'conditional', so the form is easy to recognize but the specific sense is specialized.
Etymology
Conditional for a sentence comes from the same Latin parts con- 'together' and dic- 'to say', so a conditional is really a 'statement of conditions'. In grammar, a conditional often starts with 'if' and shows a condition and its result, which is why the name fits.