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Meaning of UNLESS

Pronunciation:  un'les

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\Un*less"\, conj. [Formerly, onles, onlesse, onlesse
that, that is, in less, in a less case. See {On}, and
{Less}.]
Upon any less condition than (the fact or thing stated in the
sentence or clause which follows); if not; supposing that
not; if it be not; were it not that; except; as, we shall
fail unless we are industrious.
Note: By the omission of the verb in the dependent clause,
      unless was frequently used prepositionally, -- a
      construction common in Shakespeare and still employed
      colloquially.
            Here nothing breeds unless the nightly owl.
                                               --Shak.
 
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