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apodosis

/əˈpɒdəsɪs/

apodosis noun: the consequential clause in a conditional sentence.

Noun

apodosis (plural apodoses)

  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.
    • "If, after that, there is anything more to be done. . ."
      "Yes?"
      "You’d ----well better do it," said Forecast.
      The meaning with which he invested this blunt apodosis was unmistakable. Even I, an eavesdropper, found it most sinister: and I was not surprised when, after a little silence, the other...1943 Dornford Yates An Eye for a Tooth

apodosis meaning in Urdu and Arabic

apodosis in Arabic

the consequential clause in a conditional sentence
جَوَابُ الشَّرْط jawābu š-šarṭ

Forms of apodosis

pluralapodoses

Origin of apodosis

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

Questions about apodosis

What does apodosis mean?
Apodosis means the consequential clause in a conditional sentence.
What is apodosis in Urdu?
Apodosis in Urdu is جزا. See Apodosis meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is apodosis?
Apodosis is a noun.
How do you pronounce apodosis?
Apodosis is pronounced /əˈpɒdəsɪs/.
What is the plural of apodosis?
The plural of apodosis is apodoses.

Words near apodosis in the dictionary

  1. apodizer
  2. apodizers
  3. apodizes
  4. apodizing
  5. apodoses
  6. apodosis
  7. apodotic
  8. apodous
  9. apods
  10. apodyopsis
  11. apodyteria

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Adapted from Wiktionary: apodosis (page history and authors); apodosis (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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