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Phonetic: "/ɪf/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: An uncertainty, possibility, condition, doubt etc.

Phonetic: "/ɪf/"

Part Of Speech: conjunction

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

Example: If it rains, I shall get wet.

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

Example: If A, then B, else C.

Definition: Supposing that; used with past or past perfect subjunctive indicating that the condition is closed.

Example: I would be unhappy if you had not talked with me yesterday.

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

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

Definition: Although; used to introduce a concession.

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

Definition: (sometimes proscribed) Whether; used to introduce a noun clause, an indirect question, that functions as the direct object of certain verbs.

Example: I don't know if I want to go or not.

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

Definition: Introducing a relevance conditional.

Example: I have leftover cake if you want some.

Phonetic: "/ˈnɛsəsɹɪ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: (usually with the definite article) A place to do the "necessary" business of urination and defecation: an outhouse or lavatory.

Phonetic: "/ˈnɛsəsɹɪ/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.

Example: Although I wished to think that all was false, it was yet necessary that I, who thus thought, must in some sense exist.

Definition: Unavoidable, inevitable.

Example: If it is absolutely necessary to use public computers, you should plan ahead and forward your e-mail to a temporary, disposable account.

Definition: Determined, involuntary: acting from compulsion rather than free will.