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small if

small if noun: a likely condition.

Noun

small if (plural small ifs)

  1. A likely condition.
    • I think Donald “The Presumptive” Trump wants Hillary Clinton to go to jail (guilty or not) so he might have (and I think that’s a big “if”) someone to talk to when he is in jail for fraud in the Trump University case (and I think that’s a small “if”).2016, John C. Wolff Jr., Letters on presidential race, Lexington Herald Leader
    • If everything goes according to plan, and that’s a small “if” not a large one, then the last key aspect of the long-term fix to East Providence’s water system was approved by the council at its meeting Tuesday night, June 19.2018, Mike Rego, Council approves last portion of East Providence water system improvements, EastBayRI

Forms of small if

pluralsmall ifs

Origin of small if

By comparison with big if.

Questions about small if

What does small if mean?
Small if means a likely condition.
What part of speech is small if?
Small if is a noun.
What is the plural of small if?
The plural of small if is small ifs.

Words near small if in the dictionary

  1. small holdings
  2. small hours
  3. Small Hythe
  4. small icosihemidodecahedron
  5. small icosihemidodecahedrons
  6. small if
  7. small ifs
  8. small interfering RNA
  9. small intestinal
  10. small intestine
  11. small intestines

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