unless
About 3.51 uses per million words.
Meaning
- conjunction Except on a specified condition; if not.
I’m leaving unless I get a pay rise.
- conjunction If not; used with counterfactual conditionals.
- conjunction Except if; used with hypothetical conditionals.
Similar words
absence among before below besides but exc except exception excluding
Often followed by
the it they you he we there a otherwise i
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