Apodosis

/əˈpɒdəsɪs/ noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The consequential clause in a conditional sentence.

    "In "I will be coming if this weather holds up", "I will be coming" is the apodosis and "this weather holds up" is the protasis."

Example

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"In "I will be coming if this weather holds up", "I will be coming" is the apodosis and "this weather holds up" is the protasis."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin apodosis, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπόδοσις (apódosis).

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