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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Conditional \Con*di"tion*al\, a. [L. conditionalis.] 1. Containing, implying, or depending on a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as a conditional promise. Every covenant of God with man . . . may justly be made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional punishment annexed and declared. --Bp. Warburton 2. (Gram. & Logic) Expressing a condition or supposition; as a conditional word mode, or tense. A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another. --Whately. The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . . used synonymously. --J. S. Mill. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Conditional \Con*di"tion*al\, n. 1. A limitation. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. A conditional word mode, or proposition. Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals. --L. H. Atwater. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: conditional adj 1: qualified by reservations 2: imposing or depending on or containing a condition; "conditional acceptance of the terms"; "lent conditional support"; "the conditional sale will not be complete until the full purchase price is paid" [ant: {unconditional}]
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