If

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English

Etymology

Middle English yif, yef from Old English ġif.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

If

  1. Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; used to introduce a condition or choice.
    If it rains, I will get wet.
  2. Supposing that; used with past subjunctive indicating that the condition is not fulfilled.
    I'd prefer it if you took your shoes off.
  3. Although; used to introduce a concession.
    He was a great friend, if a little stingy at the bar.
  4. (computing) In the event that a statement is true (a programming statement that acts in a similar manner).
    If A, then B, else C.
  5. Whether; used to introduce a noun clause as the object of certain verbs.
    I don't know if I want to go or not.
    She doubts if two and two make four. — Prior.
  6. (usually hyperbolic) Even if; even in the circumstances that.
    • 2004, David Lee Murphy and Kim Tribble (writers), Montgomery Gentry (singers), “If It’s The Last Thing I Do” (song), in You Do Your Thing (album):
      If it’s the last thing I do / If it takes me from Tubilo to Timbuktu / If it’s the last thing I do / I’m gonna dodge every road block, speed trap, county cop / To get my hands on you / If it’s the last thing I do.

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Derived terms

Alternative forms

Translations

supposing that
whether
(computing)

Noun

If (plural Ifs)
  1. (informal) An uncertainty, possibility, condition, doubt etc.
    • 1709, Susannah Centlivre, The Busy Body, Act III, in John Bell (ed.), British Theater, J. Bell (1791), page 59,
      Sir Fran. Nay, but Chargy, if——— ¶ Miran. Nay, Gardy, no Ifs.——Have I refus'd three northern lords, two British peers, and half a score knights, to have put in your Ifs?
    • 1791 January, "Richardſon’s Chemical Principles of the Metallic Arts", in The Monthly Review, R. Griffiths, page 176,
      Well might Bergman add, (in his Scicgraphia,), “if</small> the compariſon that has been made, &c. be juſt.” The preſent writer makes no ifs about the matter, and has ſuperadded a little inaccuracy of his own, […]

Derived terms

Translations

a theoretical condition

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Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French if (“yew, yew tree”), from Frankish *īw (“yew, yew tree”), from Proto-Germanic *īwaz (“yew”), from Proto-Indo-European *ei-k-wo, *ei-wo-. Compare German Eibe, Irish eo, Welsh ywen, Latin ūva (“grape”), Russian ива (íva, “willow”), and English yew. Compare also Yves, Yvonne.

Pronunciation

Noun

If m. (plural Ifs)

  1. yew

Volapük

Etymology

From English.

Conjunction

If

  1. if

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