If
//ɪf//
Word Type
Conjunction
Noun
The word "if" can be used as conjunction and noun.
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Derived Terms
I wouldn't piss on someone if they were on fire an if and if as if as if there's no tomorrow big if big if true but if damned if I know elif endif even if even if one's life depended on it hell if I care if I care if I ever saw one if I may if I may make so bold if I might be so bold if I were you if I've ever seen one if all else fails if and only if if and when if anything if at all if clause if ever if ever there has been one if ever there were one if ever there were some if it be so if it kills one if it you please if money if need be if not if only if push comes to shove if so if so be if that's not if there ever was one if there ever were one if-bet if-by-whiskey if-then if-then statement if-then-else if-thenism iff iffy ifpology ifs and ans ifs and buts nice work if you can get it no ifs, ands, or buts nothing if not one's damned if one does and one's damned if one doesn't small if what if what-if would lose one's head if it wasn't bolted on would lose one's head if it wasn't glued on would lose one's head if it wasn't screwed on would lose one's head if it wasn't stuck on would lose one's head if it wasn't tied on would lose one's head if it weren't attached
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Type Of (IsA)
Related Terms
adverb although and and butts article assuming before before then book butts circumstance clause condition condition adverb conditional conditional clause conditional question conditional statement conditional statements conjunction connector denotes denotes conditional doubt else even eye false famous famous poem first first eye fish given that hypothesis hypothetical hypothetical questions juncture longing may may be maybe might might be of or perchance perhaps poem possibility postulation preposition query question question starter questions sentences starter statement statements subjunctive subjunctive conjunction supposing term then true uncertainty what what would whether whether conditional whether term would
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