in English, a type of conditional used in statements of general truths, where both verbs are in the present, for example, ‘If you prick me do I not bleed?’
Synonyms and related words
Types and forms of word, clause or sentence
accusative
adjunct
allomorph
the zero conditional
noun singular linguistics
US /ˌzɪroʊ kənˈdɪʃ(ə)nəl/
DEFINITIONS1
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in English, a type of conditional used in statements of general truths, where both verbs are in the present, for example, “If you prick me do I not bleed?”