conditional

conditionnel

Possible ou valable seulement si une exigence précise est satisfaite.

En anglais simple : Only possible or valid if a particular requirement is met.

• She received a conditional offer.
• Our approval is conditional on a safety inspection.
• The agreement remained conditional until both sides signed.

Comment l'utiliser : conditional on something (Payment is conditional on completing the work.)

Synonymes : dependent, qualified

Contraires : unconditional

Expressions courantes : conditional offer, conditional approval, conditional on something

conditionnel

Qui indique qu’une affirmation est vraie si une autre est vraie.

En anglais simple : Saying that one statement follows if another statement is true.

• This is a conditional statement.
• Conditional reasoning connects a possible situation with its result.
• The class tested whether the conditional proposition was true.

Expressions courantes : conditional statement, conditional proposition, conditional reasoning

conditionnel

Forme verbale utilisée pour parler de situations imaginées ou dépendant d’autre chose.

En anglais simple : A verb form used to talk about imagined situations or things that depend on something else.

• Use the conditional in this sentence.
• The French conditional can express a polite request.
• We practiced forming the conditional with several verbs.

Expressions courantes : the conditional, use the conditional, in the conditional

implication, proposition conditionnelle

Proposition affirmant que si une chose est vraie, une autre l’est aussi.

En anglais simple : A statement saying that if one thing is true, another thing is true too.

• The conditional has two parts.
• A conditional can have a false first part.
• Students checked the truth of each conditional.

Synonymes : implication

Expressions courantes : a conditional, material conditional, true conditional