conditional

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

con·di·tion·al [conditional conditionals] adjective, noun BrE [kənˈdɪʃənl] NAmE [kənˈdɪʃənl]
adjective
1. ~ (on/upon sth) depending on sth
•conditional approval/acceptance
•Payment is conditional upon delivery of the goods (= if the goods are not delivered the money will not be paid)
•He was found guilty and given a conditional discharge (= allowed to go free on particular conditions).
•a conditional offer (= that depends on particular conditions being met)
Opp: ↑unconditional
2. only before noun (grammar)expressing sth that must happen or be true if another thing is to happen or be true
•a conditional sentence/clause

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French condicionel or late Latin condicionalis, from condicio(n-) ‘agreement’, from condicere ‘agree upon’, from con- ‘with’ + dicere ‘say’.
Derived Word: ↑conditionally
 
noun (grammar)
1. countable a sentence or clause that begins with if or unless and expresses a condition
2. the conditionalsingular the form of a verb that expresses a ↑conditional action, for example should in If I should die…
•the present/past/perfect conditional
•the first/second/third conditional

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French condicionel or late Latin condicionalis, from condicio(n-) ‘agreement’, from condicere ‘agree upon’, from con- ‘with’ + dicere ‘say’.
 

• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  unconditional, unconditioned