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if, as and when

if, as and when adverb: in the event that the thing being discussed comes to pass.

Adverb

if, as and when (not comparable)

  1. (informal) In the event that the thing being discussed comes to pass.
    • No one cares about what a judge thinks, if, as and when. All that counts is what he says.1944, Thomas Reed Powell, letter to William O. Douglas, quoted in Melvin I. Urofsky (1989), '"Dear Teacher": The Correspondence of William O. Douglas and Thomas Reed Powell', Law and History Review...
    • The whole thing, Tyne decided, would make a nice problem to mull over in his old age -- if, as, and when.1988, Harry Brown, A Walk in the Sun, →ISBN, page 75

Questions about if, as and when

What does if, as and when mean?
If, as and when means in the event that the thing being discussed comes to pass.
What part of speech is if, as and when?
If, as and when is an adverb.

Words near if, as and when in the dictionary

  1. if you've seen one, you've seen them all
  2. if your only tool is a hammer, then every problem looks like a nail
  3. if'n
  4. if's, and's, or but's
  5. if't
  6. if, as and when
  7. if-bet
  8. if-bets
  9. if-by-whiskey
  10. if-clause
  11. if-clauses

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