conditional

English

Alternative forms

• conditionall (obsolete)

Noun

conditional (plural conditionals)

1. (grammar) More completely 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.

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

statement

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

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

mood

Bulgarian: условно наклонение (bg) 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. 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) n.

Finnish: ehto (fi)

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French: conditionnel (fr) m. Greek: υποθετικός (ipothetikós) 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 proof

Translations

depending on a condition

Bulgarian: условен (bg) Catalan: condicional (ca) Dutch: voorwaardelijk (nl) Finnish: ehdollinen (fi) 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) Catalan: condicional (ca) Finnish: ehdollinen (fi)

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