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if¹ Definition

if (if)

  1. on condition that; in case; supposing if I come, I'll see him; if I were you, I wouldn't do that
  2. allowing that; granting that if she was there, I didn't see her
  3. whether: used to introduce an indirect question ask him if he knows her

Etymology: ME < OE gif, akin to Ger ob (OHG oba, ibu, Goth ibai): ult. source uncert.

noun

  1. a supposition or speculation
  2. a condition or qualification a clause filled with ifs

if¹ Idioms

as if

as the situation would be if; as though

if² Definition

if

  1. Baseball infield
  2. intermediate frequency

if Synonyms

if

conj.

provided that, with the condition that, supposing that, conceding that, on the assumption that, granted that, assuming that, on the occasion that, whenever, wherever.

as if

as though, as the situation would be, in a way like; see apparently, as if 1.

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