Meaning of if, as and when | Babel Free

Definitions

In the event that the thing being discussed comes to pass.

informal, not-comparable

Examples

“1944, Thomas Reed Powell, letter to William O. Douglas, quoted in Melvin I. Urofsky (1989), '"Dear Teacher": The Correspondence of William O. Douglas and Thomas Reed Powell', Law and History Review⟳ 7(2), page 364, No one cares about what a judge⟳ thinks, if, as and when. All that counts is what he says.”

“The whole thing, Tyne decided, would make⟳ a nice problem to mull over in his old age -- if, as, and when.”

“We'll talk⟳ about appeals if, as and when.”

CEFR level