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if | i |

As an initialism if

is interactive fiction.

As a letter i is

the letter i with an acute accent.

if

English

(wikipedia if)

Conjunction

(English Conjunctions)
  • Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that;
  • If it rains, I will get wet .
  • Supposing that;
  • I'd prefer it if you took your shoes off.
  • Although;
  • He was a great friend, if a little stingy at the bar.
  • (computing) In the event that a statement is true (a programming statement that acts in a similar manner).
  • If A, then B, else C.
  • Whether;
  • I don't know if I want to go or not.
  • * 1715–1717 , , Alma; or, The Progress of the Mind , Canto III:
  • Quoth Matthew, “”
  • (usually hyperbolic) Even if; even in the circumstances that.
  • * 2004', (singers), “'''If It’s The Last Thing I Do” (song), in ''You Do Your Thing (album):
  • If' it’s the last thing I do / '''If''' it takes me from Tubilo to Timbuktu / '''If''' it’s the last thing I do / I’m gonna dodge every road block, speed trap, county cop / To get my hands on you / ' If it’s the last thing I do.

    Usage notes

    * Specifically a subordinating conjunction.

    Derived terms

    * iff * if and only if * if clause * if only * as if * even if * if so be

    Alternative forms

    * ifen * iffen

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) An uncertainty, possibility, condition, doubt etc.
  • * 1709, Susannah Centlivre, The Busy Body'', Act III, in John Bell (ed.), ''British Theater , J. Bell (1791), page 59,
  • Sir Fran.'' Nay, but Chargy, if——— ¶ ''Miran.'' Nay, Gardy, no Ifs'''.——Have I refus'd three northern lords, two British peers, and half a score knights, to have put in your ' Ifs ?
  • * 1791 January, "Richard?on’s Chemical Principles of the Metallic Arts''", in ''The Monthly Review , R. Griffiths, page 176,
  • Well might Bergman add, (in his Sciographia,''), “if the compari?on that has been made, &c. be ju?t.” The pre?ent writer makes no ''ifs about the matter, and has ?uperadded a little inaccuracy of his own, […]
  • * {{quote-news, year=2013, date=April 9, author=Andrei Lankov, title=Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff., work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=Even if they managed to strike Japan, the United States or South Korea with nuclear weapons — a big if , given that they do not have a reliable delivery system — they could not save themselves from ultimate defeat.}}

    Derived terms

    * big if *

    See also

    * and * else * false * or * then * true

    Statistics

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    i

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=h, next=j, image= (wikipedia i)

    Etymology 1

    Lower case variation of upper case (I), from (etyl) letter .

    Letter

  • The ninth letter of the .
  • The letter i with a tittle or dot above, in both the upper case and the lower case versions.
  • See also

    (Latn-script) Derived symbols * j * — IPA * — Turkish Similar and related symbols * — Greek * — Cyrillic I, used in Belarusian and Ukrainian * — Cyrillic palochka, used in the Caucasian languages * — Arabic (alif) * — Arabic numeral * — Cherokee (IPA: ??) (SAMPA: @~) * — Runic * — IPA

    Etymology 2

    * abbreviation of (imaginary) * abbreviation of (index)

    Symbol

    (Close front unrounded vowel) (head)
  • The imaginary unit; a fixed square root of -1. Graphically, i is shown on the vertical (y-axis) plane.
  • The current flow in a circuit in amperes.
  • A common variable name representing a generic index, especially in loops.
  • close front unrounded vowel.
  • Synonyms
    * j * j

    Etymology 3

    Lower case form of upper case roman numeral I, apparently derived from the shape of a notch scored across a tally stick.

    Alternative forms

    * I,

    Cardinal number

  • cardinal number one.
  • See also

    * Next: ii (2) *

    See also

    {{Letter , page=I , NATO=India , Morse=·· , Character=I9 , Braille=? }} Image:Latin I.png, Capital and lowercase versions of I , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter I.png, Uppercase and lowercase I in Fraktur ----