Meaning Of The Word If

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if
conjunction: You use if in conditional sentences to introduce the circumstances in which an event or situation might happen, might be happening, or might have happened.
conjunction: You use if in indirect questions where the answer is either 'yes' or 'no'.
conjunction: You use if, usually with 'can', 'could', ' may', or 'might', at a point in a conversation when you are politely trying to make a point, change the subject, or interrupt another speaker.

if in American English 1
on condition that; in case; supposing
conjunction: in case that; granting or supposing that; on condition that
noun: a supposition; uncertain possibility

if in American English 2
infield
abbreviation

if in British English
in case that, or on condition that
abbreviation for: intermediate frequency
noun: the frequency to which the signal carrier frequency is changed in a superheterodyne receiver and at which most of the amplification takes place

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