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"if":{
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"type":[
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"abbreviation",
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"conjunction",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": in the event that":[],
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": allowing that":[],
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": on the assumption that":[],
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": on condition that":[],
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": whether":[
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"asked if the mail had come",
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"I doubt if I'll pass the course"
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],
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": even though : although perhaps":[
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"an interesting if untenable argument"
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],
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": and perhaps not even":[
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"few if any changes are expected",
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"\u2014 often used with not difficult if not impossible"
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],
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": on the contrary even : perhaps even":[
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"if anything , you ought to apologize"
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],
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": condition , stipulation":[
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"the question \u2026 depends on too many ifs to allow an answer",
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"\u2014 Encounter"
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],
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": supposition":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8if",
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"\u0259f"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"assumption",
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"given",
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"hypothetical",
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"postulate",
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"premise",
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"premiss",
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"presumption",
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"presupposition",
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"supposition"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"There are too many ifs in this proposal.",
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"your conclusion may turn out to be accurate, but you're postulating a lot of ifs",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"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",
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"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",
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"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",
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"But if all goes as planned \u2013 a big IF in the restaurant business \u2013 \u2014 Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press , 12 July 2017",
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"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",
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"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"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English gif ; akin to Old High German ibu if":"Conjunction"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Conjunction",
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"1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024334"
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}
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}
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