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if only

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Conjunction

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see if, only.
  2. I wish that; would (that) (archaic). Signifies a wish or desire for the present or the future.
  3. I wish that; would (that) (archaic). Signifies a regret about an action in the past.
  4. Even if for no other reason than; only just.
  5. Signifies a hypothetical or wishful precondition, or one which would be simple but is nonetheless unlikely, for a hypothetical, counterfactual, or future outcome.

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