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Definitions and meaning of if
if
Etymology
From Middle Englishif, yif, yef, from Old Englishġif(“if”), from Proto-West Germanic*jabu, *jabē, from Proto-Germanic*jabai(“when, if”). Cognate with Scotsgif(“if, whether”), Saterland Frisianaf, of(“if, whether”), West Frisianoft(“whether”), Dutchof(“or, whether, but”), Middle Low Germanef, if, af, of("if; whether"; > German Low Germanof), Germanob(“if, whether”), Icelandicef(“if”).
Pronunciation
enPR: ĭf, IPA(key): /ɪf/
Rhymes: -ɪf
Conjunction
if
Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; used to introduce a condition or choice.
If it rains, I shall get wet.
I'll do it next year —if at all.
(computing) In the event that a statement is true (a programming statement that acts in a similar manner).
If A, then B, else C.
Supposing that; used with past or past perfect subjunctive indicating that the condition is closed.
I would prefer it if you took your shoes off.
I would be unhappy if you had not talked with me yesterday.
If I were you, I wouldn't go there alone.
Supposing that; given that; supposing it is the case that.
If that's true, we had better get moving!
Although; used to introduce a concession.
He was a great friend, if a little stingy at the bar.
She won her team's admiration, if not its award, for her performance.
(sometimes proscribed) Whether; used to introduce a noun clause, an indirect question, that functions as the direct object of certain verbs.
I don't know if I want to go or not.
1715–1717, Matthew Prior, Alma; or, The Progress of the Mind, Canto III:
Quoth Matthew, “[…] / She doubts if two and two make four, / […]”
(usually hyperbolic) Even if; even in the circumstances that.
1837-39, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
“Wait a minute!” said the girl: “I wouldn’t hurry by, if it was you that was coming out to be hung, the next time eight o’clock struck, Bill. I’d walk round and round the place till I dropped, if the snow was on the ground, and I hadn’t a shawl to cover me.”
2004, David Lee Murphy and Kim Tribble (writers), Montgomery Gentry (singers), “If It’s The Last Thing I Do” (song), in You Do Your Thing (album):
If it’s the last thing I do / If it takes me from Tubilo to Timbuktu / If it’s the last thing I do / I’m gonna dodge every road block, speed trap, county cop / To get my hands on you / If it’s the last thing I do.
Introducing a relevance conditional.
I have leftover cake if you want some.
Usage notes
Specifically a subordinating conjunction.
Some usage critics recommend that if not be used to mean whether, since the distinction can remove ambiguity, as in the following example:
Tell me if you can see her. (if the addressee can see her, then he or she must let the speaker know)
Tell me whether you can see her. (the speaker wants to know which instance is true: either the addressee's abilityorinability to see her)
This distinction is further encouraged because, traditionally, if cannot always be used in place of whether. For instance, if the noun clause acts as the subject of the sentence or an object of a preposition, the word is usually whether. Examples:
We like to talk about whether classical music is better than jazz.
Whether you like today’s weather does not matter.
Another difference between if and whether is with the use of or not.
The sentences I don't know whether or not I passed or I don't know whether I passed or not are both correct
The sentence I don't know if I passed or not is correct, but I don't know if or not I passed is incorrect
Alternative forms
eef(representing various accents)
ifen, iffen, if'n(dialectal)
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
if (pluralifs)
(informal) An uncertainty, possibility, condition, doubt etc.
1709, Susannah Centlivre, The Busy Body, Act III, in John Bell (ed.), British Theater, J. Bell (1791), page 59,
Sir Fran. Nay, but Chargy, if——— ¶ Miran. Nay, Gardy, no Ifs.——Have I refus'd three northern lords, two British peers, and half a score knights, to have put in your Ifs?
Derived terms
big if
ifs and ans
no ifs, ands, or buts
small if
Translations
See also
and
else
false
or
then
true
whether
Further reading
“if”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
FI, Fi, fi
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Frenchif, from Old Frenchif, from northern Vulgar Latin*ivus(“yew tree”), from either Proto-Celtic*iwos or Proto-Germanic*īhwaz, both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European*h₁eyHw-. Cognate with Bretonivin, Welshywen, Old Irisheó (in Celtic), Englishyew, Dutchijf, GermanEibe (in Germanic), and further with Russianива(iva) etc.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /if/
Noun
ifm (pluralifs)
yew
Further reading
“if”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Japanese
Etymology
From Englishif(as in what if).
Pronunciation
(Tokyo)イフ[íꜜfù] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA(key): [iɸɯ̟ᵝ]
Noun
if • (ifu)
"what-if" alternative history (real-life) / events (fictional)
Synonyms:もし(moshi), もしも(moshimo)
IFルート
ifu rūto
a what-if scenario / storyline
IFストーリー
ifu sutōrī
a what-if story
歴史のifを想像する
rekishi no ifu o sōzō suru
to imagine a what-if in a history
Synonyms
アナザー(anazā, literally “another”)
References
Middle English
Alternative forms
yif, yef
Etymology
From Old Englishġif, from Proto-West Germanic*jabē, *jabu, from Proto-Germanic*jabai.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /if/, /jif/
Conjunction
if
if, on condition that
Descendants
English: if, yif
Scots: gif, gyf, gin
Yola: yith, if
References
“if, conj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norman
Etymology
From Old Frenchif, from either Frankish*īw (from Proto-Germanic*īhwaz) or Gaulish*iwos(“yew, yew tree”) (from Proto-Celtic*iwos, compare Bretonivin, Old Irisheó, Welshywen); in either case from Proto-Indo-European*h₁eyHw-. See yew for more.
Noun
ifm (pluralifs)
(Jersey) yew
Old French
Etymology
From either Frankish*īw (from Proto-Germanic*īhwaz) or Gaulish*iwos(“yew, yew tree”) (from Proto-Celtic*iwos, compare Bretonivin, Old Irisheó, Welshywen); in either case from Proto-Indo-European*h₁eyHw-. See yew for more.
Noun
ifoblique singular, f (oblique pluralis, nominative singularif, nominative pluralis)
yew
yew wood
Descendants
Middle French: if
French: if
Norman: if
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishif.
Conjunction
if
if
Yola
Conjunction
if
Alternative form of yith
References
Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 110