Meaning of if | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An uncertainty, possibility, condition, doubt etc.
   informal
2. Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; used to introduce a condition that may be (or prove to be) either true or false
3. Initialism of interactive fiction.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
4. A keyword that invokes conditional processing: in the event that a given condition is true, execute the given statement(s) (otherwise execute other statements)
5. intermediate frequency
6. Initialism of impact factor.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
7. Supposing that; used with past or past perfect subjunctive to indicate a counterfactual or hypothetical condition
8. A possibility, condition, or stipulation: There will be no ifs, ands, or buts in this matter.
9. Initialism of intermediate filament.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
10. Even if; even in the circumstances that
11. ifs, ands, or buts, qualifications or excuses.
12. Initialism of intermediate frequency.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
13. Considering the fact that; given that; introducing a condition that is known to be true
14. I wish that. If only I were rich! as ... maar net يا ليْت! لَيْتَني، أتمنّى само ако se ao menos kdyby jen wenn nur hvis bare; gid αχ και να, φτάνει να si al menos kui ainult ای کاش؛ خوب می شد اگر kunpa si seulementאילו अगर ऎसा kada bih bárcsak kalau saja ef aðeins se solo ～であればなあ 오직 ~이기만 하면 kad ...! ja vien kalaulah als ... maar dersom/om (jeg bare) gdyby tylko كاشكي se ao menos măcar dacă/să если бы keby (len) ko bi le da sam om ... bara ถ้าหาก keşke ...-se, ah bir ... 真希望… якби کاش giá như...
15. Initialism of intermittent fasting.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
16. In the event that: If I were to go, I would be late.
17. Although possibly; even though: It is a handsome if useless trinket.
18. Whether: Ask if he plans to come to the meeting.
19. Used to introduce an exclamatory clause, indicating a wish: If they had only come earlier!
20. in case that, or on condition that: if you try hard it might work; if he were poor, would you marry him?.
21. used to introduce an indirect question. In this sense, if approaches the meaning of whether
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Equivalents

Examples

“The board can't approve this project; there are too many ifs.”

“1709, Susannah Centlivre, The Busy Body, Act III, in John Bell (ed.), British Theater, J. Bell (1791), page 59, Sir Fran. Nay, but Chargy, if——— ¶ Miran. Nay, Gardy, no Ifs.——Have I refus'd three northern lords, two British peers, and half a score knights, to have put in your Ifs?”

“Well might Bergman add, (in his Sciographia,), “if the compariſon that has been made, &c. be juſt.” The preſent writer makes no ifs about the matter, and has ſuperadded a little inaccuracy of his own, […]”

“Even if they managed to strike Japan, the United States or South Korea with nuclear weapons — a big if, given that they do not have a reliable delivery system — they could not save themselves from ultimate defeat.”

“The “Zarfian Cruelty Scale” rates games as Merciful, Polite, Tough, Nasty, or Cruel. The scale describes how works of IF become unwinnable, especially how and when the interactor (here a player, and one trying to win) learns this.”

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