Conditional

Alternative forms

• conditionall obsolete

Origin

From Old French condicionel (French conditionnel).

Full definition of conditional

Noun

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. AtwaterDisjunctives may be turned into conditionals.
4. (computing, programming) An instruction that branches depending on the truth of a condition at that point.''if and

1. (obsolete) A limitation.

Synonyms

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

Meronyms

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

Adjective

1. Limited by a condition.I made my son a conditional promise: I would buy him a bike if he kept his room tidy.
• Bishop WarburtonEvery covenant of God with man ... may justly be made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional punishment annexed and declared.
2. (logic) Stating that one sentence is true if another is."A implies B" is a conditional statement.
• WhatelyA conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another.
3. (grammar) Expressing a condition or supposition.a conditional word, mode, or tense

Synonyms

• conditioned
• relative
• limited
• (in logic) hypothetical

Antonyms

• absolute
• unconditional

Derived terms

• conditional entropy
• conditional probability
• conditional proof