Supposed vs Conditional - What's the difference?
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(suppose)
Presumed to be true, but without proof
(with infinitive) Generally considered or expected.
(with infinitive) Having an obligation.
(with infinitive) Intended.
(grammar) A conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false.
(grammar) The conditional mood.
(logic) A statement that one sentence is true if another is.
* L. H. Atwater
(computing, programming) An instruction that branches depending on the truth of a condition at that point.
(obsolete) A limitation.
Limited by a condition.
* Bishop Warburton
(logic) Stating that one sentence is true if another is.
* Whately
(grammar) Expressing a condition or supposition.
Supposed is a related term of conditional.
As adjectives the difference between supposed and conditional
is that supposed is presumed to be true, but without proof while conditional is limited by a condition.As a verb supposed
is (suppose).As a noun conditional is
(grammar) a conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false.supposed
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- Jesus is the supposed son of God.
- ''The movie is supposed to be good.
- You are not supposed to smoke in the restaurant.'' [Note: this means, you are obliged ''not to smoke.]
- The phone is supposed to come with a manual.
- The phone is supposed to save us time.
Derived terms
* supposedly * supposed toStatistics
* English heteronymsconditional
English
Alternative forms
* conditionall (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- "A implies B" is a conditional .
- Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals .
if
andwhile
are conditionals in some programming languages.
- (Francis Bacon)
Synonyms
* (in logic) if-then statement; material conditionalMeronyms
* (in logic) antecedent * (in logic) consequentAdjective
(-)- I made my son a conditional promise: I would buy him a bike if he kept his room tidy.
- Every covenant of God with man may justly be made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional punishment annexed and declared.
- "A implies B" is a conditional statement.
- A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another.
- a conditional word, mode, or tense