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Word entry · 2 letters

if

Best crossword clue

"Condition starter"

2 letters · collected on this word page

2 lettersPronunciation /ɪf/Sorted fiStarts with IEnds with F12 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Word introducing a condition or possibility.

Word origin

From Middle English if, yif, yef, from Old English ġif (“if”), from Proto-West Germanic *jabu, *jabē, from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”). Cognate with Scots gif (“if, whether”), Saterland Frisian af, of (“if, whether”), West Frisian oft (“whether”), Dutch of (“or, whether, but”), Middle Low German ef, if, af, of ("if; whether"; > German Low German of), German ob (“if, whether”), Icelandic ef (“if”).

Used in a sentence

  • If crossing the road, make sure you look both ways.
  • If I give you the money would/will you buy it for me?
  • If you prefer, I can come tomorrow instead.

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Used as a crossword answer12 curated clues

01Condition starter2 letters
02Conditional conjunction2 letters
03Conditional opener2 letters
04Conditional starter2 letters
05Conditional word2 letters
06In case2 letters
07Provided that2 letters
08Provided that word2 letters

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