English > conditional: 2 senses > adjective 2| Meaning | imposing or depending on or containing a condition. |
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| Examples | - "conditional acceptance of the terms"
- "lent conditional support"
- "the conditional sale will not be complete until the full purchase price is paid"
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| Narrower | contingent, contingent on, contingent upon, dependent on, dependant on, dependent upon, dependant upon, depending on | Determined by conditions or circumstances that follow |
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| counterfactual, contrary to fact | going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis) |
| dependent, dependant, qualified | Contingent on something else |
| probationary, provisional, provisionary, tentative | Under terms not final / final or fully worked out or agreed upon |
| provisory | subject to a proviso |
| See also | qualified | Limited or restricted |
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| Opposite | unconditional, unconditioned | not conditional |
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| Spanish | condicional |
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| Catalan | condicional |
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| Nouns | conditionality | the state of being conditional |
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