conditional

IPA: kʌndˈɪʃʌnʌɫ

(grammar) A conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false.
(grammar) The conditional mood.
(logic) A statement that one sentence is true if another is.
(programming) An instruction that branches depending on the truth of a condition at that point.
A condition (a limitation or restriction).

Examples of "conditional" in Sentences

The third conditional is a convenient simplification. dfogarty (07: 24: 06):
The appointment should (the conditional is de rigeur) be announced in the coming days, in any case no later than 29 June.
And the judge put him on 15 months ` probation, it ` s what we call a conditional discharge, which is what I talked about earlier.
Solar Millennium is eligible to secure $1.9 billion in conditional loan guarantees from the Energy Department for the Blythe project.
Egypt's MENA news agency said on Saturday Arab foreign ministers will meet in Cairo at the end of the week to discuss a response to what it called a conditional Syrian acceptance of monitors.
The U.S. Department of Education wrote to the Texas Commissioner of Education confirming conversations with Commissioner Scott (who signed the September 3, 2010 application after altering it) and other Texas State officials that the "State envisions submitting an application at a later date that does not contain conditional assurances."