Reference meaning
if
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Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; suppositive used to introduce a condition that may be (or prove to be) either true or false.
Other meanings
2. conjunction
A keyword that invokes conditional processing: in the event that a given condition is true, execute the given statement(s) (otherwise execute other statements).
3. conjunction
Supposing that; used with past or past perfect subjunctive to indicate a counterfactual or hypothetical condition.
4. conjunction
Even if; even in the circumstances that.
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