Conditional (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective
  1. imposing, containing, subject to, or depending on a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or allowed on certain terms: conditional acceptance.
  2. (of a sentence, clause, mood, or word) involving or expressing a condition, as the first clause in the sentence If it rains, he won't go.
  3. Logic.
    • (of a proposition) asserting that the existence or occurrence of one thing or event depends on the existence or occurrence of another thing or event; hypothetical.
    • (of a syllogism) containing at least one conditional proposition as a premise.
  4. (of an inequality) true for only certain values of the variable, as x + 3 > 0 is only true for real numbers greater than −3.
noun
  1. Grammar.
    • (in some languages) a mood, tense, or other category used in expressing conditions, often corresponding to an English verb phrase beginning with would, as Spanish comería “he would eat.”
    • a sentence, clause, or word expressing a condition.
adjective
  1. depending on other factors; not certain
  2. (of a clause, conjunction, form of a verb, or whole sentence) expressing a condition on which something else is contingent: " If he comes " is a conditional clause in the sentence " If he comes I shall go "
    • (of an equation or inequality) true for only certain values of the variable: x ² –1 = x + 1 is a conditional equation, only true for x = 2 or –1
    • (of an infinite series) divergent when the absolute values of the terms are considered
  4. (of a proposition) consisting of two component propositions associated by the words if…then so that the proposition is false only when the antecedent is true and the consequent false. Usually written: p → q or p ⊃ q, where p is the antecedent, q the consequent, and → or ⊃ symbolizes implies
noun
  1. grammar
    • a conditional form of a verb
    • a conditional clause or sentence
  2. a conditional proposition
Conditional (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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