{
  "ifs":{
    "something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning":{
      "examples":[
        "your conclusion may turn out to be accurate, but you're postulating a lot of ifs"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "assumptions",
        "givens",
        "hypotheticals",
        "postulates",
        "premises",
        "premisses",
        "presumptions",
        "presuppositions",
        "suppositions"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "hypotheses",
        "propositions",
        "theories",
        "theses",
        "axioms",
        "truisms",
        "verities",
        "beliefs",
        "canons",
        "doctrines",
        "dogmas",
        "dogmata",
        "gospels",
        "laws",
        "precepts",
        "principles",
        "rules",
        "standards",
        "tenets",
        "bases",
        "foundations",
        "grounds",
        "conclusions",
        "deductions",
        "inferences",
        "affirmations",
        "assertions",
        "avouchments",
        "declarations",
        "dicta",
        "dictums",
        "ipse dixits"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "something upon which the carrying out of an agreement or offer depends":{
      "examples":[
        "there are a number of ifs in the proposal"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "conditions",
        "contingencies",
        "provisions",
        "provisos",
        "provisoes",
        "qualifications",
        "reservations",
        "stipulations"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "strings",
        "terms",
        "preconditions",
        "prerequisites",
        "requirements",
        "requisites",
        "limitations",
        "modifications",
        "restrictions",
        "exceptions",
        "exemptions",
        "demands",
        "essentials",
        "musts",
        "necessities",
        "needs"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}