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    Unless

    Definitions

    1 | preposition | except if, on the condition that, under the circumstances that 2 | conjunction | except if, on the condition that, under the circumstances that

    Pronunciation

    uhnl'es (IPA: ənlˈɛs)

    Hyphenation

    un-less (6 letters | 2 syllables)

    First known use in English

    1467 (Late Middle ages | European Renaissance) (558 years ago)

    Overall typical frequency

    written: 902nd most common (1 in 9174 words) ( > 99% conjunction | 0% preposition)

    spoken: 588th most common (1 in 8197 words)

    (includes some inflected forms)

    Word frequency history

    Synonym

    without

    Rhymes

    acquiesce | aggress | assess | bless | caress | chess | coalesce | confess | convalesce | cress | depress | digress | dispossess | distress | dress | ... (total: 47) (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Lexically close words

    sunless

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Translations

    Mandarin Chinese: | 除非 (conjunction) Hindi: | यदि (conjunction) Arabic: | إلا إذا (conjunction) Spanish: | a menos que (general) | a no ser que (general) French: | à moins que (general)

    Other notable uses

    unless.com | unless.net | unless.info | unless.biz

    Crossword puzzle clues

    But | Except if | Hedge word | Proviso word | Ultimatum word | Word of qualification (total: 6) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    6 (International English) | 6 (North American English)

    Phone keypad digits

    (???) ?86-5377

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