IF
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
IF
▶abbreviation intermediate frequency.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
if/ɪf/
▶conjunction
- 1 introducing a conditional clause.
■ on the condition or supposition that.
■ (with past tense) introducing a hypothetical situation.
■ every time.
- 2 despite the possibility that.
■ despite being.
- 3 whether.
- 4 expressing a polite request or tentative opinion.
- 5 expressing surprise or regret.
– phrases
if and only if used to introduce a condition which is necessary as well as sufficient.
if anything used to suggest tentatively that something may be the case.
if not perhaps even (used to introduce a more extreme term than one first mentioned).
if only even if for no other reason than.
if so if that is the case.
if and only if used to introduce a condition which is necessary as well as sufficient.
if anything used to suggest tentatively that something may be the case.
if not perhaps even (used to introduce a more extreme term than one first mentioned).
if only even if for no other reason than.
if so if that is the case.
– origin OE gif, of Gmc origin.
'IF' also found in these Oxford entries:
act
- AER
- age hardening
- air-kiss
- Amazon
- and
- antecedent
- anti-lock
- apodosis
- approval
- as
- barring
- basic
- benefit
- bionic
- blunder
- boron
- box junction
- bundle
- but
- butter
- call
- catapult
- chamber
- champerty
- channel
- charm
- chrisom
- circumvallate
- clairaudience
- claustration
- compress
- conditional
- conjunction
- conjure
- contingent
- control key
- counterfactual
- criterion
- cuff
- cumulative preference share
- damask
- damn
- dangling participle
- deal-breaker
- Deo volente
- devil
- diabase
- dilapidate
- disjunctive
