If

Definition of If:

part of speech: conjunction

Whether; supposing that.

part of speech: conjunction

An expression of doubt: whether: in case that: supposing that.

part of speech: conjunction

On the condition; as, if I let you have the book, you must read it carefully; supposing that; as, if I do go to New York, what is the best train to take? whether; as, he asked if he might go; although; as, if the answer is correct, the work is not neatly done.

Usage examples for If:

• Do, if you can. "The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly", Charles James Lever.

• If he don't like me in it, now why don't he take it away from me? "The Mutineers", Charles Boardman Hawes.

• But if it will not it will not. "John Halifax, Gentleman", Dinah Maria Mulock Craik.

• Here it is now, if you want to see it. "The Damnation of Theron Ware", Harold Frederic.