conditional
conditional is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Gram. & Logic) 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.
- 2.A limitation. [Obs.] Bacon.
- 3.A conditional word, mode, or proposition. Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals. L. H. Atwater.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- according
- accordingly
- adventitious
- agreement
- appearance
- are
- aspect
- attitude
- attribution
- being
- bind
- case
- casus
- category
- causation
- certain
- character
- circumstance
- circumstantial
- come
- complexion
- condition
- conditionally
- conjunctive
- constitution
- context
- contingency
- contingent
- contract
- covenant
- crisis
- critical
- dependence
- diathesis
- dilemma
- ease
- emergence
- emergency
- enjoy
- environment
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is conditional.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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