Conditional
[kən'dɪʃ(ə)n(ə)l] or [kən'dɪʃənl]
Definition
(adj.) imposing or depending on or containing a condition; 'conditional acceptance of the terms'; 'lent conditional support'; 'the conditional sale will not be complete until the full purchase price is paid' .
(adj.) qualified by reservations .
Typed by Bush--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional promise.
(a.) Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense.
(n.) A limitation.
(n.) A conditional word, mode, or proposition.
Checked by Gregory
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Depending on conditions, modified by conditions, not absolute.
Inputed by Allen
Examples
- I conceive a conditional engagement to be null and void, when the conditions are not fulfilled. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- That, here he had a plan of action to recommend, with a conditional clause. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It was a conditional promise, answered his lordship, and my father has broken the conditions. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But here came the conditional clause, and to this he entreated the special attention of his comrade, brother, and partner. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Revolution is conditional upon public discomfort. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Once before--if you had your eyesight,' replied Miss Wren; the conditional clause in an under-tone. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Fanny was perfectly right in giving only a conditional answer. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- But seeing that he was going beyond his authority, he made it a point that the terms were only conditional. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- All emotion must be conditional, and might turn out to be the wrong thing. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Editor: Vince