Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
qualified by reservations;
2.
imposing or depending on or containing a condition;
- Example: "conditional acceptance of the terms"- Example: "lent conditional support"- Example: "the conditional sale will not be complete until the full purchase price is paid"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Conditional \Con*di"tion*al\, a. [L. conditionalis.]
1. Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or
conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain
terms; as, a conditional promise.
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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.
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2. (Gram. & Logic) Expressing a condition or supposition; as,
a conditional word, mode, or tense.
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A conditional proposition is one which asserts the
dependence of one categorical proposition on
another. --Whately.
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The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . .
used synonymously. --J. S. Mill.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Conditional \Con*di"tion*al\, n.
1. A limitation. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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2. A conditional word, mode, or proposition.
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Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals. --L.
H. Atwater.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
conditional
adj 1: qualified by reservations
2: imposing or depending on or containing a condition;
"conditional acceptance of the terms"; "lent conditional
support"; "the conditional sale will not be complete until
the full purchase price is paid" [ant: unconditional,
unconditioned]