unless

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ənˈlɛs/]

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1. unless (conj) — sense 1

Definition: Except on a specified condition; if not.

Example: I’m leaving unless I get a pay rise.

2. unless (conj) — sense 2

Definition: If not; used with counterfactual conditionals.

Example: Who would know of Alexander or Caesar, or would respect the Stoics or the Peripatetics, unless they had been distinguished by the memorials of writers?

3. unless (conj) — sense 3

Definition: Except if; used with hypothetical conditionals.

Example: Q. If Lieutenant P. had given the word "Fire," would you have fired, and at what?—A. I should not have known, unless he had told me what to fire at.

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