conditional

English

Alternative forms

• conditionall (obsolete)

Noun

conditional (plural conditionals)

1. (grammar) A conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false.
2. (grammar) The conditional mood.
3. (logic) A statement that one sentence is true if another is.

   "A implies B" is a conditional.

   • L. H. Atwater

     Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals.

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

   if and while are conditionals in some programming languages.

5. (obsolete) A limitation.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

Synonyms

• (in logic): if-then statement; material conditional

Meronyms

• (in logic): antecedent
• (in logic): consequent

Translations

statement

• Bulgarian: условие (bg) (uslovie) n
• Finnish: ehtolause (fi), konditionaalilause (fi)

• German: Konditional (de) n
• Russian: условие (ru) (uslóvije) n

mood

• Bulgarian: условно наклонение (bg) (uslovno naklonenie) n
• Catalan: condicional (ca) m
• Dutch: voorwaardelijke wijs (nl) m
• Estonian: tingiv (et)
• Finnish: ehtotapa (fi), konditionaali (fi)
• French: conditionnel (fr) m

• German: Konditional (de) n
• Jèrriais: conditionnel m
• Romansch: cundiziunal (rm) m
• Russian: условное наклонение (uslóvnoje naklonénije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: modh cumhach (gd) m
• Spanish: condicional (es) m

in logic

• Bulgarian: условие (bg) (uslovie) n

• Finnish: ehto (fi)

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• French: conditionnel (fr) m
• Latin: condicionalis (la) m
• Portuguese: condicional (pt) m
• Spanish: condicional (es) m
• Swedish: konditionalis

Adjective

conditional (not comparable)

1. Depending on a condition.
2. (logic) Stating that one sentence is true if another is.

   "A implies B" is a conditional statement.

Synonyms

• (in logic): hypothetical

Derived terms

• conditional entropy
• conditional probability
• conditional proof

Translations

depending on a condition

• Bulgarian: условен (bg) (usloven)
• Catalan: condicional (ca)
• Dutch: voorwaardelijk (nl)
• Finnish: ehdollinen (fi)
• Greek: υποθετικός (el) (ypothetikós)
• Latin: condiciōnālis (la)

• Maltese: kundizzjonali (mt)
• Romanian: condițional (ro)
• Romansch: cundiziunal (rm)
• Russian: условный (ru) (uslóvnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: cumhach (gd)
• Turkish: şartlı (tr), koşullu (tr)

in logic

• Bulgarian: условен (bg) (usloven)
• Catalan: condicional (ca)
• Finnish: ehdollinen (fi)

• Maltese: kundizzjonali (mt)
• Russian: условный (ru) (uslóvnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: cumhach (gd)