If a situation or agreement is conditionalon something, it will only happen or continue if this thing happens.
Their support is conditional on his proposals meeting their approval. [+ on]
...a conditional offer.
...a conditional ceasefire.
Synonyms: dependent, limited, qualified, contingent More Synonyms of conditional
conditionally (kəndɪʃənəli)adverb [ADVERB with verb]
Mr Smith has conditionally agreed to buy a shareholding in the club.
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
In grammar, a conditional clause is a subordinate clause which refers to a situation which may exist or whose possible consequences you are considering. Most conditional clauses begin with 'if' or 'unless', for example 'If that happens, we'll be in big trouble' and 'You don't have to come unless you want to'.
English Easy Learning GrammarConditional clausesConditional sentences consist of a main clause and a conditional clause (sometimescalled an if-clause). The conditional clause usually begins with if ... Read more
English Easy Learning GrammarSubordinationWhen two or more clauses are joined by a conjunction other than and, but, or, or yet,one of the clauses is the main clause; the other clauses are subordinate ... Read more
conditional in British English
(kənˈdɪʃənəl)
adjective
1.
depending on other factors; not certain
2. grammar
(of a clause, conjunction, form of a verb, or whole sentence) expressing a condition on which something else is contingent: "If he comes" is a conditional clause in the sentence "If he comes I shall go"
3.
a.
(of an equation or inequality) true for only certain values of the variable: x2 –1 = x + 1 is a conditional equation, only true for x = 2 or –1
b.
(of an infinite series) divergent when the absolute values of the terms are considered
4. Also: hypothetical logic
(of a proposition) consisting of two component propositions associated by the words if…then so that the proposition is false only when the antecedent is true and the consequent false. Usually written: p→q or p⊃q, where p is the antecedent, q the consequent, and → or ⊃ symbolizes implies
noun
5. grammar
a.
a conditional form of a verb
b.
a conditional clause or sentence
6. logic
a conditional proposition
Derived forms
conditionality (conˌditionˈality)
noun
conditionally (conˈditionally)
adverb
conditional in American English
(kənˈdɪʃənəl)
adjective
1.
a.
containing, implying, or dependent on a condition or conditions; qualified; not absolute
a conditional award
b. Logic
designating or including a compound proposition that has the form “if p, then q,” in which p and q are two different propositions
2.
expressing a condition
a conditional clause
noun
3. Grammar
a word, clause, mood, or tense expressing a condition
There is not one conditional sentence in the whole prayer.
Christianity Today (2000)
He was found guilty of animal cruelty and given a conditional discharge for six months.
The Sun (2010)
Three of the suspended schemes had received conditional approval from his predecessor.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But they then granted him conditional bail.
The Sun (2008)
The court is likely to give conditional approval for the deal.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The bank added that the bid was conditional on regulatory approval.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They invariably form part of the conditional offer in mathematics and may also be used for engineering and natural sciences.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The planned changes would enable universities to make offers based on results rather than conditional offers based on predicted grades.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He was released on conditional bail.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Both were remanded on conditional bail.
The Sun (2015)
More applicants who missed a conditional offer by one grade were likely to be accepted by universities as competition for recruitment intensified.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The claimants' solicitors had been instructed under conditional fee agreements.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The conditional sale is common practice in Europe.
Charles A. D'Ambrosio & Stewart D. Hodges & Richard Brealey & Stewart Myers Principles of Corporate Finance (1991)
Increasingly, public law claims are done by conditional fee agreement.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He did a deal with the judges, who gave him a conditional sentence of eighteen months.
John Foot Calcio: A History of Italian Football (2006)
Some of last week's rioters were dismissed with a warning or a conditional discharge.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
A conditional sentence is a sentence in which one thing depends on another.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
As the legal team did the case on a conditional fee agreement, there was added risk for all concerned.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Let's make that a conditional.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They allowed conditional fee arrangements.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It has been damaging to the campaign to make Nato solidarity conditional in some way according to how much members have put into the defence kitty.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The sale is conditional on planning consent and on London Square securing a change of use from a care home to residential.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In other languages
conditional
British English: conditional /kənˈdɪʃənl/ ADJECTIVE
If a situation or agreement is conditional on something, it will only happen if this thing happens.
The deal is conditional on agreement from publishers.
American English: conditional
Arabic: مَشْرُوط
Brazilian Portuguese: condicional
Chinese: 有条件的
Croatian: uvjetan
Czech: podmíněný
Danish: betinget
Dutch: voorwaardelijk
European Spanish: condicional
Finnish: ehdollinen
French: conditionnel
German: vorbehaltlich
Greek: εξαρτώμενος
Italian: condizionale ipotetico
Japanese: 条件付きの
Korean: 조건부의
Norwegian: avhengig
Polish: warunkowy
European Portuguese: condicional
Romanian: condiționat de
Russian: обусловленный
Latin American Spanish: condicional
Swedish: villkorlig
Thai: ที่เป็นเงื่อนไข
Turkish: koşullu
Ukrainian: умовний
Vietnamese: có điều kiện
All related terms of 'conditional'
conditional access
the encryption of television programme transmissions so that only authorized subscribers with suitable decoding apparatus may have access to them
conditional discharge
If someone who is convicted of an offence is given a conditional discharge by a court , they are not punished unless they later commit a further offence.
conditional convergence
the property of an infinite series that converges while the series formed by replacing each term in the given series with its absolute value diverges ; the property of an infinite series that converges when the order of the terms is altered
conditional probability
the probability of one event , A, occurring given that another, B , is already known to have occurred: written P ( A|B ) and equal to P ( A and B )| P ( B )
conditional sale agreement
a type of hire-purchase agreement
Chinese translation of 'conditional'
conditional
(kənˈdɪʃənl)
adj
有条(條)件的 (yǒu tiáojiàn de)
n
(Ling)
the conditional条(條)件从(從)句 (tiáojiàn cóngjù)
to be conditional on or upon sth视(視)某事而定 (shì mǒushì ér dìng)
(adjective)
Definition
depending on other factors
Their support is conditional on their approval of his proposals.They have made us a conditional offer.
Synonyms
dependent
limited
qualified
He answers both questions with a qualified yes.
contingent
provisional
The times stated are provisional and subject to confirmation.
with reservations
Opposites
absolute
,
unconditional
,
unrestricted
,
categorical
Additional synonyms
in the sense of provisional
Definition
temporary or conditional
The times stated are provisional and subject to confirmation.