noun
- An uncertainty, possibility, condition, doubt etc.
conjunction
- Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; used to introduce a condition or choice.
- In the event that a statement is true (a programming statement that acts in a similar manner).
- Supposing that; used with past or past perfect subjunctive indicating that the condition is closed.
- Supposing that; given that; supposing it is the case that.
- Although; used to introduce a concession.
- (sometimes proscribed) Whether; used to introduce a noun clause, an indirect question, that functions as the direct object of certain verbs.
- (usually hyperbolic) Even if; even in the circumstances that.
- Introducing a relevance conditional.
Pronunciation
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If is a 2-meaning word in English. Two-letter words rarely have anagrams.
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