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Depending upon some condition or requirement; provided that; if, assuming; as long as.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- I don't mind if he stays there, so long as he cleans up after himself when he's done.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
solank
— if, assuming
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Arabic:
مَا دَامَ
(mā dāma)
— if, assuming
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Arabic:
مَا
(mā)
— if, assuming
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Bulgarian:
стига да
(stiga da)
— if, assuming
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Bulgarian:
ако поне
(ako pone)
— if, assuming
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Bulgarian:
доколкото
(dokolkoto)
— if, assuming
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Catalan:
sempre que
— if, assuming
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Chinese Mandarin:
只要
(zhǐyào)
— if, assuming
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Czech:
jestliže
— if, assuming
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Czech:
pokud
— if, assuming
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Dutch:
mits
— if, assuming
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Finnish:
kunhan
— if, assuming
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French:
pour peu que
— if, assuming
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French:
du moment que
— if, assuming
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French:
pourvu que
— if, assuming
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Georgian:
მანამ
(manam)
— if, assuming
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German:
solange
— if, assuming
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Greek:
εφόσον
(efóson)
— if, assuming
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Ancient Greek:
ἐὰν μόνον
(eàn mónon)
— if, assuming
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Hebrew:
כל עוד
(kol 'od)
— if, assuming
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Hungarian:
ha
— if, assuming
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Hungarian:
hogyha
— if, assuming
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Hungarian:
amennyiben
— if, assuming
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Icelandic:
að því tilskildu að
— if, assuming
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Indonesian:
selama
— if, assuming
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Irish:
chomh fada is
— if, assuming
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Italian:
purché
— if, assuming
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Italian:
ammesso che
— if, assuming
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Italian:
a patto che
— if, assuming
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Italian:
a condizione che
— if, assuming
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Japanese:
...限り
(...kagiri)
— if, assuming
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Kankanaey:
basta
— if, assuming
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Kankanaey:
mo ket
— if, assuming
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Latin:
tamdiū quam
— if, assuming
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Low German:
solang
— if, assuming
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Macedonian:
сѐ додека
(sè dodeka)
— if, assuming
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Macedonian:
доколку
(dokolku)
— if, assuming
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Polish:
o ile
— if, assuming
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Portuguese:
se
— if, assuming
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Portuguese:
contanto que
— if, assuming
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Portuguese:
desde que
— if, assuming
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Russian:
е́сли
(jésli)
— if, assuming
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Russian:
е́сли то́лько
(jésli tólʹko)
— if, assuming
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Slovak:
pokiaľ
— if, assuming
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Spanish:
siempre que
— if, assuming
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Spanish:
siempre y cuando
— if, assuming
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Spanish:
siempre y cuando que
— if, assuming
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Spanish:
con tal que
— if, assuming
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Spanish:
con tal de que
— if, assuming
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Spanish:
con tanto que
— if, assuming
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Swedish:
förutsatt att
— if, assuming
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Tagalog:
basta
— if, assuming
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Thai:
ตราบใดที่
— if, assuming
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Vietnamese:
miễn
— if, assuming