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an if

an if conjunction: if.

Conjunction

an if

  1. (archaic) If.
    • Ye are the salt of the erthe. but and if the salt be once unsavery, what can be salted therwith?1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew
    • Noting this penury, to my selfe I said, An if a man did need a poyson now, Whose sale is present death in Mantua, Here liues a Caitiffe wretch would sell it him.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Forms of an if

alternative formand if

Questions about an if

What does an if mean?
An if means if.
What part of speech is an if?
An if is a conjunction.

Words near an if in the dictionary

  1. an hero
  2. an heroed
  3. an heroes
  4. an heroing
  5. an heros
  6. an if
  7. an image is worth a thousand words
  8. an insult to one is an insult to all
  9. An Lão
  10. An Nafud
  11. An Najaf

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