Adjective: conditional kun'di-shu-nul
- Qualified by reservations
"His conditional acceptance of the offer depended on negotiating a higher salary"
- Imposing or depending on or containing a condition
"the conditional sale will not be complete until the full purchase price is paid"; "conditional acceptance of the terms"; "lent conditional support"
- A statement that depends on a condition being true or false
"In programming, an if-then statement is a type of conditional"
Derived forms: conditionals
See also: contingent, contingent on, contingent upon, contrary to fact, counterfactual, dependent, dependent on, dependent upon, depending on, probationary, provisional, provisionary, provisory, qualified, tentative
Antonym: unconditional
Encyclopedia: Conditional