if you will

      English

      Adverb

      if you will

      1. Please, kindly; used in giving a non-concrete instruction.
        But imagine, if you will, a world where these logistical problems were solved.
      2. So to speak, like; used to indicate that a description is not standard.
        These are "partial artifacts", if you will: the imaging process has merely amplified flaws that were already present in the original.
      3. Used in conceding a description.
        He wasn't a very honest person; a liar, if you will.

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      Last modified on 17 October 2012, at 07:15