if

Significat

Conj

1. Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; used to introduce a condition or choice.
2. In the event that a statement is true (a programming statement that acts in a similar manner).
3. Supposing that; used with past or past perfect subjunctive indicating that the condition is closed.
4. Supposing that; given that; supposing it is the case that.
5. Although; used to introduce a concession.
6. Whether; used to introduce a noun clause, an indirect question, that functions as the direct object of certain verbs.
7. Even if; even in the circumstances that.
8. Introducing a relevance conditional.

Noun

An uncertainty, possibility, condition, doubt etc.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɪf/

Etimologia

From Middle English if, yif, yef, from Old English ġif (“if”), from Proto-West Germanic *jabu, *jabē, from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”). Cognate with Scots gif (“if, whether”), Saterland Frisian af, of (“if, whether”), West Frisian oft (“whether”), Dutch of (“or, whether, but”), Middle Low German ef, if, af, of ("if; whether"; > German Low German of), German ob (“if, whether”), Icelandic ef (“if”).

Sents

If you want it , you must take it .

If it were , he would already have heard of it .

If the second couple declined , the third couple was asked .

If you just finished speaking this sentence , click the red button below to stop recording .

After writing a bug report , one should regularly check if someone responded .

" If good things are coming , they will be a pleasant surprise ," said the seer .

If he makes a buying mistake , it doesn't affect him much .

Anna threatens to file for divorce if Roberto does not capitulate .