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conditional
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conditional1 /kənˈdɪʃənəl/ adjective1. if an offer, agreement etc is conditional, it will only be done if something else happens first
   OPP  unconditional:
    a conditional acceptance
    conditional on/upon
    His agreement to buy our house was conditional on our leaving all the furniture in it.
2. in grammar, a conditional sentence is one that begins with ‘if’ or ‘unless’ and expresses something that must be true or happen before something else can be true or happen
—conditionally adverb

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conditional2 noun [countable]
a sentence or clause that is expressed in a conditional form