Unless

  • 11unless — [[t]ʌnle̱s[/t]] ♦♦ CONJ SUBORD You use unless to introduce the only circumstances in which an event you are mentioning will not take place or in which a statement you are making is not true. Unless you are trying to lose weight to please yourself …

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  • 12unless*/*/*/ — [ənˈles] conjunction used for saying that if something does not happen, something else will happen or will be true as a result I can t help you unless you tell me what s wrong.[/ex] Unless you come now, I m going to leave without you.[/ex] ‘Are… …

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  • 13unless — /un les , euhn /, conj. 1. except under the circumstances that: I ll be there at nine, unless the train is late. prep. 2. except; but; save: Nothing will come of it, unless disaster. [1400 50; late ME prepositional phrase on less (also o less(e) …

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  • 14unless — See unless, unless and until …

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  • 15unless — un•less [[t]ʌnˈlɛs, ən [/t]] conj. 1) fun except under the circumstances that: We ll be there at nine, unless the train is late[/ex] 2) except; but; save: Nothing will come of it, unless disaster[/ex] • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME prep. phrase on …

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  • 16UNLESS — conj. if not; except when (shall go unless I hear from you; always walked unless I had a bicycle). Etymology: ON or IN + LESS, assim. to UN (1) …

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  • 17unless — conjunction /ənˈlɛs/ Except on a specified condition; if not. I’m leaving unless I get a pay rise. Ant: if …

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  • 18unless — Synonyms and related words: aside from, bar, barring, beside, besides, but, ex, except, except for, except that, excepting, excluding, exclusive of, if not, leaving out, let alone, omitting, outside of, precluding, save, save and except, saving,… …

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  • 19unless — /ʌnˈlɛs / (say un les), /ən / (say uhn ) conjunction 1. except on condition that; except if it be, or were, that; except when; if … not: I shan t come unless you really want me to. –preposition 2. Obsolete except; but. {Middle English onlesse,… …

  • 20unless —   Ke ole, inā a ole.     Unless you work hard, (you) won t get your grade, ke ole (inā a ole) oe e hō ikaika, a ole e loa a ana kou heluna …

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