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Meaning of if, as and when | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C2

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

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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