conditional Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite qualified by reservations
  2. adjective imposing or depending on or containing a condition
    • conditional acceptance of the terms
    • lent conditional support
    • the conditional sale will not be complete until the full purchase price is paid

WordNet

Con*di"tion*al adjective
Etymology
L. conditionalis.
Definitions
  1. Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional promise.
    Every covenant of God with man . . . may justly be made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional punishment annexed and declared. Bp. Warburton.
  2. (Gram. & Logic) Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense.
    A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another. Whately.
    The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . . used synonymously. J. S. Mill.
Con*di"tion*al noun
Definitions
  1. A limitation. Obs. Bacon.
  2. A conditional word, mode, or proposition.
    Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals. L. H. Atwater.

Webster 1913