dict_dl/en_merriam_webster/if_mw.json
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{
"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 worse comes to worse":{
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"definitions":{
": if the worst possible thing happens":[
"If worse comes to worse , you can always ask me for help."
]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084154",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"if you ask me":{
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"definitions":{
": in my opinion":[
"She looks ridiculous in that hat, if you ask me ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084959",
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},
"if you%27ve got it%2C flaunt it":{
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"first_known_use":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083612",
"type":[
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]
},
"if you%27ve seen one%2C you%27ve seen them all":{
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"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084136",
"type":[
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},
"if%20one%20had%20one%27s%20druthers":{
"antonyms":[],
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": if one could choose what to do":[
"If I had my druthers , I would travel all the time."
]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183622",
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]
},
"if%20you%20ask%20me":{
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": in my opinion":[
"She looks ridiculous in that hat, if you ask me ."
]
},
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"if%20you%27ve%20got%20it%2C%20flaunt%20it":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181605",
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},
"if/when all else fails":{
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": if/when everything else one has attempted has failed":[
"He only bothers to read the directions if/when all else fails ."
]
},
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}
}