What is another word for only if?

Pronunciation: [ˈə͡ʊnli ɪf] (IPA)

Only if is a conjunction used in conditional sentences to express a condition that must be fulfilled for the main clause to take place. Some synonyms for only if include provided that, on the condition that, as long as, subject to, and conditional on. These phrases all express the same conditional nature of the sentence and help to clarify the requirements necessary for the main clause to occur. Other options include in the event that, supposing that, and assuming that. All of these phrases point to the same idea of a necessary condition that must be met for something else to happen.

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What are the hypernyms for Only if?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Only if

  • Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and integrates itself into the omnipotent realm of the profane.
    Theodor Adorno
  • I should be proud to have my memory graced, but only if the monument be placed... here, where I endured three hundred hours in line before the implacable iron bars.
    Anna Akhmatova
  • More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it together. And that, my friends, is why we have the United Nations.
    Kofi Annan
  • Furthermore, order is a necessary condition for making a structure function. A physical mechanism, be it a team of laborers, the body of an animal, or a machine, can work only if it is in physical order.
    Rudolf Arnheim
  • Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.
    Ambrose Bierce

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