"small if" meaning in All languages combined

See small if on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: small ifs [plural]
Etymology: By comparison with big if. Head templates: {{en-noun}} small if (plural small ifs)
  1. A likely condition.
    Sense id: en-small_if-en-noun-ArPmXqeB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "By comparison with big if.",
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    {
      "form": "small ifs",
      "tags": [
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          "ref": "2016, John C. Wolff Jr., Letters on presidential race, Lexington Herald Leader:",
          "text": "I think Donald “The Presumptive” Trump wants Hillary Clinton to go to jail (guilty or not) so he might have (and I think that’s a big “if”) someone to talk to when he is in jail for fraud in the Trump University case (and I think that’s a small “if”).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Mike Rego, Council approves last portion of East Providence water system improvements, EastBayRI:",
          "text": "If everything goes according to plan, and that’s a small “if” not a large one, then the last key aspect of the long-term fix to East Providence’s water system was approved by the council at its meeting Tuesday night, June 19.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Streetsblog, Thursday’s Headlines: Civic War Edition, Streetsblog NYC",
          "text": "On Wednesday (see photo right), we reported our confusion about why Riders Alliance was tweeting negative things about a Wall Street Journal story that reported on a new lobbying group, the Campaign for New York’s Future, that sought to influence how our city is reshaped if (and that’s a big “if”) the COVID-19 pandemic passes.... The other huge story of the day is how deeply the MTA will be forced to cut service if (and that’s a small “if”) the federal government fails to provide any more relief funding."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A likely condition."
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      ]
    }
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  "word": "small if"
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  "etymology_text": "By comparison with big if.",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "2016, John C. Wolff Jr., Letters on presidential race, Lexington Herald Leader:",
          "text": "I think Donald “The Presumptive” Trump wants Hillary Clinton to go to jail (guilty or not) so he might have (and I think that’s a big “if”) someone to talk to when he is in jail for fraud in the Trump University case (and I think that’s a small “if”).",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "2018, Mike Rego, Council approves last portion of East Providence water system improvements, EastBayRI:",
          "text": "If everything goes according to plan, and that’s a small “if” not a large one, then the last key aspect of the long-term fix to East Providence’s water system was approved by the council at its meeting Tuesday night, June 19.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Streetsblog, Thursday’s Headlines: Civic War Edition, Streetsblog NYC",
          "text": "On Wednesday (see photo right), we reported our confusion about why Riders Alliance was tweeting negative things about a Wall Street Journal story that reported on a new lobbying group, the Campaign for New York’s Future, that sought to influence how our city is reshaped if (and that’s a big “if”) the COVID-19 pandemic passes.... The other huge story of the day is how deeply the MTA will be forced to cut service if (and that’s a small “if”) the federal government fails to provide any more relief funding."
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      "glosses": [
        "A likely condition."
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