English Dictionary

if

/ɪf/

conj

Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; used to introduce a condition or choice.

If it rains tomorrow, we will stay indoors.

意味（1）

Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; used to introduce a condition or choice.

If it rains, I shall get wet.

意味（2）

(computing) In the event that a statement is true (a programming statement that acts in a similar manner).

If A, then B, else C.

意味（3）

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.

意味（4）

Supposing that; given that; supposing it is the case that.

If that's true, we had better get moving!

意味（5）

Although; used to introduce a concession.

He was a great friend, if a little stingy at the bar.

意味（6）

(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.

意味（7）

(usually hyperbolic) Even if; even in the circumstances that.

“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.”

意味（8）

Introducing a relevance conditional.

I have leftover cake if you want some.