Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conditional

/kənˈdɪʃ.ə.nəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.59 in modern English

Syllables: con-di-tion-al
IPA: /kənˈdɪʃ.ə.nəl/

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Limited by a condition.

adj

Stating that one sentence is true if another is true.

adj

Expressing a condition or supposition.

noun

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

noun

The conditional mood.

noun

A statement that one sentence is true if another is.

noun

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

noun

A condition (a limitation or restriction).

Example Sentences

"I made my son a conditional promise: I would buy him a bike if he kept his room tidy."
"Every covenant of God with man […] may justly be made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional punishment annexed and declared."
""A implies B" is a conditional statement."
"A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another."
"a conditional word, mode, or tense"
""A implies B" is a conditional."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

conditionall (alternative) conditionals (plural)

Derived Forms

biconditional conditionalise conditionalism conditionalist conditionality conditionalize conditionally conditionalness inconditional multiconditional nonconditional postconditional

Phrases

conditional agreement conditional assembly language conditional baptism conditional clause conditional comment conditional entropy conditional fee conditional operator

Synonyms

conditioned in logic limited relative conditional contingent qualified if-then statement material conditional

Antonyms

absolute categorical unconditional unfettered unlimited universal

Rhymes With

additional traditional non-traditional nutritional transitional unconditional compositional nontraditional depositional untraditional

Questions

How do you pronounce conditional?: The recorded pronunciation is /kənˈdɪʃ.ə.nəl/.
What does conditional mean?: Limited by a condition.
Where does conditional come from?: From French conditionnel, from Old French condicionel, equivalent to condition + -al.

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