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Conjunction: if  if
  1. Introduces a conditional clause
    "I will go to university if I can afford it"
     
  2. Despite being
    "he's nice, if rather patronizing"
     
  3. Every time that
    "if I call you are always engaged";
    - whenever, when
Noun: if  if
  1. A condition or supposition
    "There are too many ifs in this plan"

Derived forms: ifs

Encyclopedia: If, and only if