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English word

if

A1Frequent NGSL-1
UK /ɪf/US /ɪf/
conjunction

used to say that one thing can, will or might happen or be true, depending on another thing happening or being true

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So if you look forward 30 years, you know, the year 2050 has been labeled by scientists as this kind of almost like this doomsday deadline on climate.

Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about (TED 2022)

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