ALL meanings of if
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I i - noun if in case that 1
- noun if on condition that 1
- noun if supposing that 1
- noun if Introducing a conditional clause. 1
- noun if whether 1
- noun if although 1
- noun if exclamatory starter 1
- noun if supposition 1
- noun if stipulation, requirement 1
- noun if a supposition; uncertain possibility: The future is full of ifs. 1
- noun if a condition, requirement, or stipulation: There are too many ifs in his agreement. 1
- idioms if ifs, ands, or buts, reservations, restrictions, or excuses: I want that job finished today, and no ifs, ands, or buts. 1
- noun if If meaning “whether,” as in I haven't decided if I'll go, is sometimes criticized, but the usage has been established in standard English for a long time. 1
- conjunction if You use if in conditional sentences to introduce the circumstances in which an event or situation might happen, might be happening, or might have happened. 0
- conjunction if You use if in indirect questions where the answer is either 'yes' or 'no'. 0
- conjunction if You use if, usually with 'can', 'could', 'may', or 'might', at a point in a conversation when you are politely trying to make a point, change the subject, or interrupt another speaker. 0
- conjunction if You use if at or near the beginning of a clause when politely asking someone to do something. 0
- conjunction if You use if to introduce a subordinate clause in which you admit a fact which you regard as less important than the statement in the main clause. 0
- phrase if You use if not in front of a word or phrase to indicate that your statement does not apply to that word or phrase, but to something closely related to it that you also mention. 0
- phrase if You use if ever with past tenses when you are introducing a description of a person or thing, to emphasize how appropriate it is. 0
- phrase if You use if only to express a wish or desire, especially one that cannot be fulfilled. 0
- phrase if You use as if when you are making a judgment about something that you see or notice. Your belief or impression might be correct, or it might be wrong. 0
- phrase if You use as if to describe something or someone by comparing them with another thing or person. 0
- phrase if You use as if to emphasize that something is not true. 0
- conjunction if in case that, or on condition that 0
- conjunction if used to introduce an indirect question. In this sense, if approaches the meaning of whether 0
- conjunction if even though 0
- conjunction if used to introduce expressions of desire, with only 0
- conjunction if used to introduce exclamations of surprise, dismay, etc 0
- noun if an uncertainty or doubt 0
- noun if a condition or stipulation 0
- abbreviation IF intermediate frequency 0
- conjunction if on condition that; in case; supposing 0
- conjunction if allowing that; granting that 0
- noun if a supposition or speculation 0
- noun if a condition or qualification 0
- abbreviation IF infield 0
- noun if (Informal) An uncertainty, possibility, condition, doubt etc. 0
- conjunction if Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; used to introduce a condition or choice. 0
- conjunction if (computing) In the event that a statement is true (a programming statement that acts in a similar manner). 0
- conjunction if Supposing that; used with past or past perfect subjunctive indicating that the condition is closed. 0
- conjunction if Although; used to introduce a concession. 0
- conjunction if (sometimes proscribed) Whether; used to introduce a noun clause as the object of certain verbs. 0
- conjunction if (usually hyperbolic) Even if; even in the circumstances that. 0
- conjunction if As is the case, since. 0