"on condition" meaning in English

See on condition in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on condition, {{en-PP}} on condition
  1. (following by a clause) Providing.
    Sense id: en-on_condition-en-prep_phrase-5x-r-hOb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 44 18
  2. (followed by of and, often, a present participle) With the requirement (of). Tags: often
    Sense id: en-on_condition-en-prep_phrase-FMePaIkJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 44 18
  3. (operations, maintenance) When testing or inspection finds an indication of a potential problem.
    Sense id: en-on_condition-en-prep_phrase-jETdTLPu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 44 18

Download JSON data for on condition meaning in English (2.5kB)

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