dict_dl/en_merriam_webster/if_mw.json

{
  "Ifugao":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a member of such people":[],
      ": a people inhabiting northern Luzon, Philippines":[],
      ": the Austronesian language of the Ifugao people":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Spanish, from a native name in the Philippines":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6\u0113f\u00fc\u00a6gau\u0307"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085024",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "if":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": allowing that":[],
      ": and perhaps not even":[
        "few if any changes are expected",
        "\u2014 often used with not difficult if not impossible"
      ],
      ": condition , stipulation":[
        "the question \u2026 depends on too many ifs to allow an answer",
        "\u2014 Encounter"
      ],
      ": even though : although perhaps":[
        "an interesting if untenable argument"
      ],
      ": in the event that":[],
      ": on condition that":[],
      ": on the assumption that":[],
      ": on the contrary even : perhaps even":[
        "if anything , you ought to apologize"
      ],
      ": supposition":[],
      ": whether":[
        "asked if the mail had come",
        "I doubt if I'll pass the course"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "There are too many ifs in this proposal.",
      "your conclusion may turn out to be accurate, but you're postulating a lot of ifs",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "As a result, discontent with the manager is growing, and with a 7 \u00bd-month gap between the end of qualifying and the start of this fall\u2019s World Cup in Qatar, this would be the time to make a change - if , indeed, a change is coming. \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "On Monday, Circa Sports posted Georgia as a 3-point favorite - with the over/under at 50.5 - if , or when, the Tide clinches the SEC West. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "OOF: If the Senate manages to pass its health-care bill -- and that's a mammoth IF -- the House seems ready to give it the nod, too, my colleague Paul Kane writes. \u2014 Paige Winfield Cunningham, Washington Post , 17 July 2017",
      "But if all goes as planned \u2013 a big IF in the restaurant business \u2013 \u2014 Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press , 12 July 2017",
      "IF is also used both to connect the chips within the multi-chip module (MCM), and, in two processor configurations, to connect the two sockets. \u2014 Peter Bright, Ars Technica , 20 June 2017",
      "Each chip in one socket is paired with a chip in the other socket, for four pairs total, with one IF link between each pair. \u2014 Peter Bright, Ars Technica , 20 June 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Conjunction"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English gif ; akin to Old High German ibu if":"Conjunction"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8if",
      "\u0259f"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "assumption",
      "given",
      "hypothetical",
      "postulate",
      "premise",
      "premiss",
      "presumption",
      "presupposition",
      "supposition"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024334",
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "conjunction",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "if (the) worse comes to (the) worst":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": if the worst possible thing happens":[
        "If worse comes to worst , you can always ask me for help."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113955",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "if (the) worst comes to (the) worst":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": if the worst possible thing happens":[
        "If worst comes to worst , you can always ask me for help."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112327",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "if I may/might say so":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124958",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "if I were (someone)":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125222",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
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  },
  "if it ain't broke, don't fix it":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123036",
    "type":[
      "proverbial saying"
    ]
  },
  "if one had one's druthers":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": if one could choose what to do":[
        "If I had my druthers , I would travel all the time."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183622",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
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  },
  "if worse comes to worse":{
    "antonyms":[],
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      ": if the worst possible thing happens":[
        "If worse comes to worse , you can always ask me for help."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084154",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
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  },
  "if you ask me":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": in my opinion":[
        "She looks ridiculous in that hat, if you ask me ."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192006",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
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  },
  "if you've got it, flaunt it":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202803",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
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  },
  "if you've seen one, you've seen them all":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181605",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "if/when all else fails":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": if/when everything else one has attempted has failed":[
        "He only bothers to read the directions if/when all else fails ."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084435",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "if memory serves":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": if I remember accurately":[
        "The child's name was Rebecca Rose, if memory serves . She and her mother both died in the big influenza epidemic of 1918.",
        "\u2014 Sue Grafton",
        "It was on the third day, if my memory serves me right , that I saw the lad killed.",
        "\u2014 H. G. Wells",
        "He stated with hesitation that \" If my memory serves me correctly , his name was John.\""
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145314"
  },
  "if it's the last thing someone (ever) does":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145758"
  },
  "if I were you":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152152"
  }
}