Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

endif

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables: en-dif
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A directive, in several programming languages, that marks the end of an if statement, especially one containing multiple if ... then ... else statements.

Etymology

From end + if.

Inflected Forms

endifs (plural) end-if (alternative) end if (alternative)

Questions

What does endif mean?: A directive, in several programming languages, that marks the end of an if statement, especially one containing multiple if ... then ... else statements.
Where does endif come from?: From end + if.

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