{
  "if":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "conjunction",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": in the event that":[],
      ": allowing that":[],
      ": on the assumption that":[],
      ": on condition that":[],
      ": whether":[
        "asked if the mail had come",
        "I doubt if I'll pass the course"
      ],
      ": even though : although perhaps":[
        "an interesting if untenable argument"
      ],
      ": and perhaps not even":[
        "few if any changes are expected",
        "\u2014 often used with not difficult if not impossible"
      ],
      ": on the contrary even : perhaps even":[
        "if anything , you ought to apologize"
      ],
      ": condition , stipulation":[
        "the question \u2026 depends on too many ifs to allow an answer",
        "\u2014 Encounter"
      ],
      ": supposition":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8if",
      "\u0259f"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "assumption",
      "given",
      "hypothetical",
      "postulate",
      "premise",
      "premiss",
      "presumption",
      "presupposition",
      "supposition"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English gif ; akin to Old High German ibu if":"Conjunction"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Conjunction",
      "1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024334"
  }
}