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se — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • an article The form of "a" used before a word that starts with a vowel sound.
  • if conj Used to introduce a condition: supposing that something is or were true.
  • itself pron Used to refer back to a thing that is both the subject and the object of the same action.
  • whether conj Used to introduce a question or choice between two or more possibilities.

Senses

se is used for these senses in English:

  • an (archaic) As if; as though.
  • itself (emphatic) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate
  • oneself A person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself.
  • whether Introduces a simple indirect question (without a correlative).
  • whether Introduces a disjunctive adverbial clause qualifying the main clause (with correlative or).

if — full definition

  1. conj Used to introduce a condition: supposing that something is or were true.
  2. conj Although; used to concede a point while still making a statement.
  3. noun An uncertain condition or possibility.

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