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CONDITIONAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Imposing or depending on or containing a condition
Example:
the conditional sale will not be complete until the full purchase price is paid
Classified under:
Similar:
contrary to fact; counterfactual (going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis))
contingent; contingent on; contingent upon; dependant on; dependant upon; dependent on; dependent upon; depending on (being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow)
dependant; dependent; qualified (contingent on something else)
probationary; provisional; provisionary; tentative (under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon)
provisory (subject to a proviso)
Also:
qualified (limited or restricted; not absolute)
Antonym:
unconditional (not conditional)
Derivation:
conditionality (the state of being conditional)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Qualified by reservations
Classified under:
Similar:
qualified (limited or restricted; not absolute)
Derivation:
conditionality (the state of being conditional)
