British English : if You use if to talk about things that might happen, or that might have happened.You can go if you want.If he was there, I didn't see him.ɪf CONJUNCTION
conjunction (subordinating)
in case that, or on condition that ⇒ if you try hard it might work , if he were poor, would you marry him?
used to introduce an indirect question. In this sense, if approaches the meaning of whether
even though ⇒ an attractive if awkward girl
used to introduce expressions of desire, with only ⇒ if I had only known used to introduce exclamations of surprise, dismay, etc ⇒ if this doesn't top everything!
used to introduce expressions of desire, with only ⇒ if I had only known
used to introduce exclamations of surprise, dismay, etc ⇒ if this doesn't top everything!
See as if
used to introduce expressions of desire, with only ⇒ if I had only known
used to introduce exclamations of surprise, dismay, etc ⇒ if this doesn't top everything!
noun
an uncertainty or doubt ⇒ the big if is whether our plan will work at all
a condition or stipulation ⇒ I won't have any ifs or buts