- conditional (on/upon something) depending on something
- conditional approval/acceptance
- Payment is conditional upon delivery of the goods (= if the goods are not delivered, the money will not be paid).
- a conditional offer (= that depends on particular conditions being met)
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- [only before noun] (grammar) expressing something that must happen or be true if another thing is to happen or be true
- a conditional sentence/clause
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French condicionel or late Latin condicionalis, from condicio(n-) ‘agreement’, from condicere ‘agree upon’, from con- ‘with’ + dicere ‘say’.
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