CONDITIONAL

conditional

(adjective) imposing or depending on or containing a condition; “conditional acceptance of the terms”; “lent conditional support”; “the conditional sale will not be complete until the full purchase price is paid”

conditional

(adjective) qualified by reservations

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

conditional (plural conditionals)

(grammar) A conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false.

(grammar) The conditional mood.

(logic) A statement that one sentence is true if another is.

(programming) An instruction that branches depending on the truth of a condition at that point.

(obsolete) A limitation.

Synonyms

• (in logic): if-then statement; material conditional

Meronyms

• (in logic): antecedent

• (in logic): consequent

Adjective

conditional (not comparable)

Limited by a condition.

(logic) Stating that one sentence is true if another is.

(grammar) Expressing a condition or supposition.

Synonyms

• conditioned

• relative

• limited

• (in logic): hypothetical

Antonyms

• absolute

• categorical

• unconditional

Source: Wiktionary

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Con*di"tion*al, a. Etym: [L. conditionalis.]

1. Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional promise. Every covenant of God with man . . . may justly be made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional punishment annexed and declared. Bp. Warburton.

2. (Gram. & Logic)

Definition: Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense. A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another. Whately. The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . . used synonymously. J. S. Mill.

Con*di"tion*al, n.

1. A limitation. [Obs.] Bacon.

2. A conditional word, mode, or proposition. Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals. L. H. Atwater.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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