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Definition of CONDITIONAL

Conditional
Conditional Con*di"tion*al, a. [L. conditionalis.] 1. Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional promise. Every covenant of God with man . . . may justly be made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional punishment annexed and declared. --Bp. Warburton. 2. (Gram. & Logic) Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense. A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another. --Whately. The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . . used synonymously. --J. S. Mill.
Conditional
Conditional Con*di"tion*al, n. 1. A limitation. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. A conditional word, mode, or proposition. Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals. --L. H. Atwater.

Meaning of CONDITIONAL from wikipedia

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