conditional

noun

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

(grammar) The conditional mood.

A condition (a limitation or restriction).

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

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

adjective

Limited by a condition.

(grammar) Expressing a condition or supposition.

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

Roots

dicodit- · Latin · put, place

Synonyms for conditional

provisoryadj conditionedadj categoricaladj provisionaladj stipulatedv

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Where does conditional come from?

The word conditional breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root dit-, from Latin dico (“put, place”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.