conditional
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Synonyms & Antonyms for conditional
Synonyms: Adjective
contingent (on or upon), dependent, subject (to), tentative
Antonyms: Adjective
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Adjective
“If she speaks, you must listen” is a conditional sentence. The sentence contains the conditional clause “if she speaks.”Noun
The clause “if she speaks” is a conditional. The conditional is often marked by the word “if.”
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The 386-page bond prospectus contains a clause making payout conditional on the disease spreading to a second country, with at least 20 people dying there. — The Economist, "The World Bank’s pandemic bonds are not paying out for Ebola," 31 Aug. 2019 Linebacker Rolando McClain has reportedly secured conditional reinstatement to the NFL after missing three full seasons, ProFootballTalk first reported. — Emily Caron, SI.com, "Report: Rolando McClain Conditionally Reinstated By NFL After Three Seasons," 30 Aug. 2019 The plan had secured conditional approval earlier in the year, and, as of last week, the I.D.P. had been awaiting formal approval by a deadline set for September 13th. — Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, "A Virtual Threat to Iowa’s First-in-the-Nation Caucuses," 30 Aug. 2019 Todd County District Judge Daniel Benson set an unconditional bail at $5 million and a conditional bail at $3 million. — Raju Chaduvula, Twin Cities, "$5 million bail set for 22-year-old son in slayings of ex-Viking, wife," 27 Aug. 2019 Another approach would be for the directors to all tender their resignations, conditional upon achieving quorum, in the upcoming election. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "HOA Homefront: What happens after total board recall?," 24 Aug. 2019 Such a no-jail deal was tied to his conditional guilty plea. — NBC News, "Former 'Bachelor' star Chris Soules agrees to suspended sentence for leaving scene of fatal crash," 23 Aug. 2019 In November 2018, Soules entered a conditional guilty plea. — Christina Dugan, PEOPLE.com, "Chris Soules Sentenced to 2-Year Suspended Prison Term for Involvement in Deadly Car Crash," 23 Aug. 2019 Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge IFTTT, the free service that uses conditional applets to extend the functionality of smart home devices, has issued both good and bad news to Nest owners. — Thomas Ricker, The Verge, "IFTTT warns its Nest users not to migrate to Google accounts," 20 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
All of those conditionals, again, stem from the fact that these materials don't yet exist, at least not in quantity, and even 2030 might not be a long enough timeline to find and mass-produce them. — Brian Barrett, WIRED, "Lego Builds a Sustainable Future, One Brick at a Time," 11 Mar. 2018 Batuman writes; Nina’s reality remains untroubled by conditionals and subjunctives. — Katy Waldman, Slate Magazine, "Elif Batuman sets out to write a novel as chaotic, random, and intoxicating as real life.," 20 Mar. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'conditional.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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