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only if

only if conjunction: not unless; used to introduce a necessary condition.

Conjunction

only if

  1. Not unless; used to introduce a necessary condition.
    • The company will succeed only if it has sufficient backing.
    • Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Kings 21:8

only if meaning in Malayalam

only if in Malayalam

only if
എന്നാലേ ennālē, എങ്കിലേ eṅkilē

Words formed from only if

Questions about only if

What does only if mean?
Only if means not unless; used to introduce a necessary condition.
What is only if in Malayalam?
Only if in Malayalam is എന്നാലേ (ennālē), എങ്കിലേ (eṅkilē). See Only if meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is only if?
Only if is a conjunction.

Words near only if in the dictionary

  1. only daughters
  2. only dead fish go with the flow
  3. only fools and horses work
  4. only game in town
  5. only games in town
  6. only if
  7. only in Ohio
  8. only just
  9. only move
  10. only moves
  11. only Nixon can go to China

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Adapted from Wiktionary: only if (page history and authors); എങ്കിലേ (Malayalam) (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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