1 ~ (on / upon sth) depending on sth:
conditional approval / acceptance * Payment is conditional upon delivery of the goods (= if the goods are not delivered the money will not be paid) * He was found guilty and given a conditional discharge (= allowed to go free on particular conditions). * a conditional offer (= that depends on particular conditions being fulfilled)
2 [onlybeforenoun] (grammar) expressing sth that must happen or be true if another thing is to happen or be true:
a conditional sentence / clause
conditionally adverb:
The offer was made conditionally.
noun (grammar)
1 [C] a sentence or CLAUSE that begins with if or unless and expresses a condition
2 (the conditional) [sing.] the form of a verb that expresses a conditional action, for example should in If I should die...:
the present / past / perfect conditional * the first / second / third conditional
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