Word Meanings - CONDITIONAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense. A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another. Whately. The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . .
Additional info about word: CONDITIONAL
Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense. A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another. Whately. The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . . used synonymously. J. S. Mill. (more info) 1. Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional promise. Every covenant of God with man . . . may justly be made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional punishment annexed and declared. Bp. Warburton.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CONDITIONAL)
- Contingent
- Dependent
- incidental
- resultant
- co-emcient
- hypothetical
- uncertain
- conditional
- Provisional
- Conditional
- contingent
- temporary
Related words: (words related to CONDITIONAL)
- CONTINGENT
Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur; as, a contingent estate. If a contingent legacy be left to any one when he attains, or if he attains, the age of twenty-one. Blackstone. (more info) touch on all sides, to happen; con- - CONDITIONALITY
The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms. - CONDITIONAL
Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense. A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another. Whately. The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . . - UNCERTAINTY
1. The quality or state of being uncertain. 2. That which is uncertain; something unknown. Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty. L'Estrange. - PROVISIONAL
Of the nature of a provision; serving as a provision for the time being; -- used of partial or temporary arrangements; as, a provisional government; a provisional treaty. - DEPENDENT
1. Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf. 2. Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining; - UNCERTAINLY
In an uncertain manner. - CONTINGENTLY
In a contingent manner; without design or foresight; accidentally. - INCIDENTAL
Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses. By some, religious - DEPENDENTLY
In a dependent manner. - PROVISIONALLY
By way of provision for the time being; temporarily. Locke. - CONDITIONALLY
In a conditional manner; subject to a condition or conditions; not absolutely or positively. Shak. - TEMPORARY
Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; not permanent; as, the patient has obtained temporary relief. Temporary government of the city. Motley. Temporary star. See under Star. - CONTINGENTNESS
The state of being contingent; fortuitousness. - RESULTANT
Resulting or issuing from a combination; existing or following as a result or consequence. Resultant force or motion , a force which is the result of two or more forces acting conjointly, or a motion which is the result of two or more - UNCERTAIN
1. Not certain; not having certain knowledge; not assured in mind; distrustful. Chaucer. Man, without the protection of a superior Being, . . . is uncertain of everything that he hopes for. Tillotson. 2. Irresolute; inconsonant; variable; - CONTEMPORARY
1. Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous. This king was contemporary with the greatest monarchs of Europe. Strype. 2. Of the same age; coeval. A grove born with himself he sees, - INTERDEPENDENT
Mutually dependent. - INCONDITIONAL
Unconditional. Sir T. Browne. - UNCONDITIONAL
Not conditional limited, or conditioned; made without condition; absolute; unreserved; as, an unconditional surrender. O, pass not, Lord, an absolute decree, Or bind thy sentence unconditional. Dryden. -- Un`con*di"tion*al*ly, adv. - EXTEMPORARY
1. Extemporaneous. "In extemporary prayer." Fuller. 2. Made for the occasion; for the time being. "Extemporary habitations." Maundrell. - INDEPENDENT
Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the Independents. (more info) 1. Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent. A dry, but - SELF-DEPENDENT
Dependent on one's self; self-depending; self-reliant. - INDEPENDENTLY
In an independent manner; without control.