if

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if

as Bedingen (Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; used to introduce a condition or choice.
If it rains, I will get wet.
Supposing that; used with past subjunctive indicating that the condition is not fulfilled.
I'd prefer it if you took your shoes off.
Although; used to introduce a concession.
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; used to introduce a noun clause as the object of certain verbs.
I don't know if I want to go or not.
- 1715–1717, Matthew Prior, Alma; or, The Progress of the Mind, Canto III:
  Quoth Matthew, “... / She doubts if two and two make four, / ...”
(usually hyperbolic) Even if; even in the circumstances that.
- 2004, David Lee Murphy and Kim Tribble (writers), Montgomery Gentry (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.